Saturday, November 7, 2009

Wooying Tree Pinot Noir 2007

Wooying Tree Vineyard is located in Central Otago New Zealand. Having tried various Pinot Noir from New Zealand - Gibbston Valley, Isabel etc, naturally I got attracted to this Wooying Tree 2007 with its "golden" track record as described in Wine Exchange Asia's newsletter.

Having been out of town for almost 1 month, I opened a bottle last Thursday with my wife at Dolphin Tavern. On the nose, you can smell of cherries and plums with hint of spice. Spices when it roll down the tongue and then huge massive after taste of plum and cherries follows. Very smooth and full body... At 14.5% alcohol, it will knock you out after half to o.75 bottle. My wife likes it as it is smooth and the tannin is ripe. Just came back from Europe, so trying to adjust myself back to the fruit forward, thick purplish liquid. Overall I would consider this to be very good.

BTW, 2007 is heralded to be a very good year for NZ Pinot. I am looking forward to the Mt Difficulty stock arrival. Will sure get a couple of bottles to tally against the Wooying....