Certainly the Burn Cottage Central Otago Pinot Noir 2009 fits into the Rita Hayworth category; fleshy, seductive and wanted by men (and women) from all over. The thing is though, when you get Rita Hayworth home you want the Rita Hayworth that you have seen on the big screen. This is where the illusion ceases. Plump fruit with spicy dark fruit, The Burn Cottage at the end of the day is a nice wine, but ceterius paribus, this Pinot Noir is very Central Otago and very expensive, and like the grainy photo, it sort of misses the mark.
Drink with medium rump steak
Drink till 2015
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Cork 14%v/v $80+ City Wine Shop, Spring Street Melbourne
Tim,
ReplyDeleteTotally agree with your note, though I think I may have liked this fractionally more than you. I like the analogy too.