2014 Felton Road Block 3 Pinot Noir Jeroboam 3L
96 points - Bob Campbell MW
Attractively scented wine with plum, dark berry, briar, herbs, licorice, violet and spicy oak. Concentrated fruit flavours dominate but get good support from a savoury undercurrent. Richly textured wine with impressive power demonstrated in a lingering finish.
17.5/20 points - Tim Jackson MW, JancisRobinson.com
Pale-mid ruby-garnet. Thyme and blackberry. Integral cinnamon oak. Some fresh leather and tea development complexity – maturing nicely. Brisk to crisp, with supple, fairly firm tannins and a truffle and blackberry finish. Class.
93 points - Stephen Tanzer
Good medium-deep red. Musky black raspberry and Damson plum aromas are complemented by coffee, dried herbs and complex soil tones and lifted by a floral topnote. At once brighter and tighter than the 2013 version, conveying a lovely light touch to its blackberry, dark cherry, herb and spice flavors. But this fine-grained, suavely tannic Pinot is broad, ripe, tactile and quite long. I love the combination of saline extract and floral lift, not to mention the wine’s almost chocolatey ripeness.
93 points - Lisa Perrotti-Brown, Robert Parker Wine Advocate
Pale to medium ruby-purple colored, the 2014 Block 3 Pinot Noir is fragrantly scented of freshly tilled earth, Ceylon tea, warm cranberries and red currants with a touch of Provence herbs. Medium-bodied and wonderfully elegant in the mouth, it fills the palate with satin textured red berry and earth flavors, finishing with great freshness and length.
96 points - Bob Campbell MW
Attractively scented wine with plum, dark berry, briar, herbs, licorice, violet and spicy oak. Concentrated fruit flavours dominate but get good support from a savoury undercurrent. Richly textured wine with impressive power demonstrated in a lingering finish.
17.5/20 points - Tim Jackson MW, JancisRobinson.com
Pale-mid ruby-garnet. Thyme and blackberry. Integral cinnamon oak. Some fresh leather and tea development complexity – maturing nicely. Brisk to crisp, with supple, fairly firm tannins and a truffle and blackberry finish. Class.
93 points - Stephen Tanzer
Good medium-deep red. Musky black raspberry and Damson plum aromas are complemented by coffee, dried herbs and complex soil tones and lifted by a floral topnote. At once brighter and tighter than the 2013 version, conveying a lovely light touch to its blackberry, dark cherry, herb and spice flavors. But this fine-grained, suavely tannic Pinot is broad, ripe, tactile and quite long. I love the combination of saline extract and floral lift, not to mention the wine’s almost chocolatey ripeness.
93 points - Lisa Perrotti-Brown, Robert Parker Wine Advocate
Pale to medium ruby-purple colored, the 2014 Block 3 Pinot Noir is fragrantly scented of freshly tilled earth, Ceylon tea, warm cranberries and red currants with a touch of Provence herbs. Medium-bodied and wonderfully elegant in the mouth, it fills the palate with satin textured red berry and earth flavors, finishing with great freshness and length.
96 points - Bob Campbell MW
Attractively scented wine with plum, dark berry, briar, herbs, licorice, violet and spicy oak. Concentrated fruit flavours dominate but get good support from a savoury undercurrent. Richly textured wine with impressive power demonstrated in a lingering finish.
17.5/20 points - Tim Jackson MW, JancisRobinson.com
Pale-mid ruby-garnet. Thyme and blackberry. Integral cinnamon oak. Some fresh leather and tea development complexity – maturing nicely. Brisk to crisp, with supple, fairly firm tannins and a truffle and blackberry finish. Class.
93 points - Stephen Tanzer
Good medium-deep red. Musky black raspberry and Damson plum aromas are complemented by coffee, dried herbs and complex soil tones and lifted by a floral topnote. At once brighter and tighter than the 2013 version, conveying a lovely light touch to its blackberry, dark cherry, herb and spice flavors. But this fine-grained, suavely tannic Pinot is broad, ripe, tactile and quite long. I love the combination of saline extract and floral lift, not to mention the wine’s almost chocolatey ripeness.
93 points - Lisa Perrotti-Brown, Robert Parker Wine Advocate
Pale to medium ruby-purple colored, the 2014 Block 3 Pinot Noir is fragrantly scented of freshly tilled earth, Ceylon tea, warm cranberries and red currants with a touch of Provence herbs. Medium-bodied and wonderfully elegant in the mouth, it fills the palate with satin textured red berry and earth flavors, finishing with great freshness and length.
DETAILS
VINTAGE - 2014
VARIETAL - Pinot Noir
COUNTRY - New Zealand
REGION - Central Otago
BOTTLE SIZE - 3000ml (Jeroboam)
