Cloudsley Cellars Pinot Noir 2021, Twenty Mile Bench
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Critic Reviews (5)
This pours very pale garnet red, indicating some maturity. But there is more going here than appearance suggests. The...
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I'm prepared to accept a touch of volatility in exchange for the wine’s clear expression of place and its complex...
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Far from the warmest of Niagara and Twenty Mile Bench vintages but when we will be looking back just five years from...
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This pale, slightly garnet-tinted pinot noir is at the peak of its evolution. Its flavour profile is nuanced with...
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Fully mature at this point, Cloudsley's 2021 bench vineyard blend pours a pale, fully transparent reddish garnet...
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Community Reviews (1)
The lovely, medium-high to highly aromatic nose is fresh with dark berry, black cherry, and black tea leaf aromas layered over smoky, reductive, and underbrush. It's medium-full bodied and dry with lovely dark berry, black cherry, and tea leaf replays joined by gentle oak spice notes. It has a chewy mouthfeel (in the Pinot context) with elegant tannins that are smooth and refined. The juicy acidity carries through to the long, balanced, and earthy finish. Tasted Oct. 2024. Score: 91+ pts
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