Bam! Holy crap. One sniff and this wine captivates you. Incredibly beautiful, floral, whole cluster Pinot nose. I just kept smelling it and forgot to actually drink it for a while. Elegance and finesse are what I smelled, but the palate had the structure/seriousness/power Otago Pinot is known for but harnesses and refined.
No sulfur(maybe a bit at bottling). 100% whole-cluster, carbonic, Abel clone. — 8 years ago
Goddamn that bible pusher man — 10 years ago
This is much more elegant than the 2014. The wine is much more similar to a typical red wine in its tannin structure and flavor profile. I'm really digging this. It drinks so well. This was on the skins for ~40 days versus the 14s ~100 days and didn't see any sulfur. In addition to less extraction, I really think the extra year in bottle does a lot for these wines. No rush to drink them. — 8 years ago
Satonogomare junmai ginjo unpressed unfiltered unpasturised cask strengs — 11 years ago
Lana Verkuil
Rintaro tasting aug 2023 — 9 months ago