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“Neudorf Moutere Pinot Noir 2008 – Dense, powerful and yet supremely elegant wine with an appealing mix of floral, red cherry, Oriental spice and spicy oak flavours. Complex wine that needs decanting to fully expose its range of flavours. Will cellar well. 5 stars – 95 points.” - Bob Campbell MW
Youthful, purple hue in the glass with a complex nose of cracked pepper, dark summer berries, black cherry and 
chocolate, combined with visceral, earthy characters, dried wild herbs and excellent but unobtrusive supporting oak.
The initial savoury/black fruit entry carries through a mouth filling, richly structured palate, the texture of soft leather. An underlying mineral acidity supports this richness, adding a certain juiciness and considerable length. Overall a wine of complexity and finesse.
Technical
This vintage comprises 60% old vine 10/5 from Pomona, with the remainder mixed Burgundy clones from the Home Vineyard, picked late March - early April 2008.
All fruit was chilled, carefully sorted, destemmed and cold macerated prior to small batch wild yeast fermentation at 32C. The wine had a prolonged maceration to optimize tannins extracted, ranging around 26 days. The wine was matured for 12 months inFrench Oak barrels (28% new) from a variety of Burgundy coopers to add complexity. In spring the wine went through a complete malo-lactic fermentation and was bottled without fining or filtration in September 2009 at 3.6pH, 6.1gL TA, Dry, 14.1% alcohol.
“There is none more elegant than Neudorf Moutere Pinot Noir; the dedicated and passionate owners Tim and Judy Finn coaxing the essence and metaphysical “pinosity” out of Pinot Noir, the Antipodean equivalent of Chamboille-Musigny, and currently my favourite wine of this style in the Southern Hemisphere.” Curtis Marsh, Hong Kong Standard
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