I visited this winery many years ago when it was known as Ollsens, and had a tasting. Next door to Felton Road Winery naturally in Felton Road, Central Otago. A rich, plush delicious Pinot Noir. I used to buy the Ollsens Slapjack back in the day and have always enjoyed it. Red and black fruits of raspberry and black cherry with a herbal heather like overlay like garrigue in the Southern Rhone. Impossible not to engage with this wine. Thanks Mick - I might have to repurchase this one.
I visited this winery many years ago when it was known as Ollsens, and had a tasting. Next door to Felton Road Winery naturally in Felton Road, Central Otago. A rich, plush delicious Pinot Noir. I used to buy the Ollsens Slapjack back in the day and have always enjoyed it. Red and black fruits of raspberry and black cherry with a herbal heather like overlay like garrigue in the Southern Rhone. Impossible not to engage with this wine. Thanks Mick - I might have to repurchase this one.
Mar 2nd, 2026
Sadly disappointing, ripe fruit but dull and uninspiring on the palate. Perhaps a dud cork?
Sadly disappointing, ripe fruit but dull and uninspiring on the palate. Perhaps a dud cork?
Dec 25th, 2019
It's fair to say I underestimated this wine, despite the relatively steep price tag, opening it on a nondescript Wednesday evening. Darker in colour than the typical Otago, on the nose it gives up ripe red and black fruit, lots of sweetness and a lovely subtle hint of oak and some salinity/minerality in keeping with the region - one of those wines you could sniff away at all night. The palate is poised and mid weight with silky tannins and lashings of complex fruit flavours - rhubarb, black cherry, moving into more earthy and mushroomy notes. Long finish that is both intense and fresh at the same time. Very impressed with the integrated and harmonious character of this wine
It's fair to say I underestimated this wine, despite the relatively steep price tag, opening it on a nondescript Wednesday evening. Darker in colour than the typical Otago, on the nose it gives up ripe red and black fruit, lots of sweetness and a lovely subtle hint of oak and some salinity/minerality in keeping with the region - one of those wines you could sniff away at all night. The palate is poised and mid weight with silky tannins and lashings of complex fruit flavours - rhubarb, black cherry, moving into more earthy and mushroomy notes. Long finish that is both intense and fresh at the same time. Very impressed with the integrated and harmonious character of this wine
1 person found it helpfulJun 29th, 2017
Smooth, medium bodied, no oak, nice flavours.
Smooth, medium bodied, no oak, nice flavours.
Aug 17th, 2014
Bannockburn, Otago, South Island, New Zealand
