2015 Felton Road Block 5 Pinot Noir Jeroboam 3L
97 points - Bob Campbell MW, The Real Review
Tasted alongside Felton's other pinot noir from a later vintage (2016) this was my favourite. I liked the structure and intensity, which suggested the wine will age very well indeed and I guess it has the provenance to support that conjecture. I got a strong violet and dark cherry character with coffee, Oriental spices and a suggestion of dark chocolate. Very impressive wine with a big future.
94 points - MaryAnn Worobiec, Wine Spectator
The lavender, green tea and juicy plum flavors are complex, creamy and extremely elegant, showing nuances of clove, forest floor and cream soda that linger on the endless finish. Drink now through 2030.
92+ points - Lisa Perrotti-Brown, The Wine Advocate
Pale to medium ruby-purple colored, the 2015 Block 5 Pinot Noir is youthfully reticent, offering delicate earth and floral notes over a core of red berries and pomegranate, plus a waft of garrigue. Light to medium-bodied, it has a fine backbone of satiny textured tannins and just enough acid to carry the perfumed fruit to a good, long finish. Give it another couple of years in bottle to see it really strut its stuff.
97 points - Bob Campbell MW, The Real Review
Tasted alongside Felton's other pinot noir from a later vintage (2016) this was my favourite. I liked the structure and intensity, which suggested the wine will age very well indeed and I guess it has the provenance to support that conjecture. I got a strong violet and dark cherry character with coffee, Oriental spices and a suggestion of dark chocolate. Very impressive wine with a big future.
94 points - MaryAnn Worobiec, Wine Spectator
The lavender, green tea and juicy plum flavors are complex, creamy and extremely elegant, showing nuances of clove, forest floor and cream soda that linger on the endless finish. Drink now through 2030.
92+ points - Lisa Perrotti-Brown, The Wine Advocate
Pale to medium ruby-purple colored, the 2015 Block 5 Pinot Noir is youthfully reticent, offering delicate earth and floral notes over a core of red berries and pomegranate, plus a waft of garrigue. Light to medium-bodied, it has a fine backbone of satiny textured tannins and just enough acid to carry the perfumed fruit to a good, long finish. Give it another couple of years in bottle to see it really strut its stuff.
97 points - Bob Campbell MW, The Real Review
Tasted alongside Felton's other pinot noir from a later vintage (2016) this was my favourite. I liked the structure and intensity, which suggested the wine will age very well indeed and I guess it has the provenance to support that conjecture. I got a strong violet and dark cherry character with coffee, Oriental spices and a suggestion of dark chocolate. Very impressive wine with a big future.
94 points - MaryAnn Worobiec, Wine Spectator
The lavender, green tea and juicy plum flavors are complex, creamy and extremely elegant, showing nuances of clove, forest floor and cream soda that linger on the endless finish. Drink now through 2030.
92+ points - Lisa Perrotti-Brown, The Wine Advocate
Pale to medium ruby-purple colored, the 2015 Block 5 Pinot Noir is youthfully reticent, offering delicate earth and floral notes over a core of red berries and pomegranate, plus a waft of garrigue. Light to medium-bodied, it has a fine backbone of satiny textured tannins and just enough acid to carry the perfumed fruit to a good, long finish. Give it another couple of years in bottle to see it really strut its stuff.
DETAILS
VINTAGE - 2015
VARIETAL - Pinot Noir
COUNTRY - New Zealand
REGION - Central Otago
BOTTLE SIZE - 3000ml (Jeroboam)
