Tapanappa Foggy Hill Pinot Noir 2007, Tapanappa

Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia

Hugely impressive Pinot Noir - but don't just take my word for it, read on for James Halliday's comment.

Cool climate location with beguiling multi layered complexity. Exotic with plum, cherry, spice and forest aromas. Lingering and beautifully composed.

£20.95 per bottle

The Weekend Australian, 17-18 May 2008. James Halliday's New Kid on the Block.
"Great pinot noir marches to the tune of a drum utterly different from and more difficult than that of any other variety. Having surmounted the imperatives of site, clone, fermentation, type and length of time in oak, sensitivity to bottling and filtering, post-natal care, pondering on the bouquet and finally taking the wine into your mouth, you still have only a partial idea of the quality. It is not until you assess the length of the palate, the character and structure of the finish and the impact of the finish and the impact of the aftertaste that you can weigh up a new pinot. So it was with the 2007 Tapanappa Foggy Hill Vineyard Pinot Noir (96 points), with its echoes of high-quality burgundy, generated by the thrust of the back palate, texture of the finish and intensity of the aftertaste. The vintage was a difficult one, and this was the first crop, but it sent shivers down my spine. There are 850 cases at a paltry $45 a bottle.

James Halliday.

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