*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from Spy Valley Winery.
With this post, I’ll have told you about 5 wines from Spy Valley Winery. The Sauvignon Blanc was by far my favorite of the bunch, definitely a wine I would seek out again and again. I liked all of the wines, but felt some offered better value than others. The last of the group was the 2007 Spy Valley Pinot Noir. The wine had a screw cap closure, clocked in at 13.5% alcohol by volume, and looks to retail for around $22. Now, I tasted through a TON of New Zealand Pinots at the last New Zealand tasting I attended, and overall the quality impressed me a lot. I’m surprised that I don’t see more of them on the store shelves.
On the nose I found smoke, bing cherries, tart red cherries, raspberries, dusty chocolate, herbs, and cigarette smoke. In the mouth I got raspberries, cherries, red fruit, a little spice, and notes of strawberry jello. Overall I’d say the wine had soft tannins and showed very smooth in the mouth, despite the tart fruit up front.
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