RRP $110 / 750ml
Rockburn Eleven Barrels; the name says it all really. Every year we fill hundreds of French oak barrels with Pinot Noir, and every year I search for those individual barrels that most eloquently speak of site and season. We present the results of that search to you here with a wine that exhibits the attributes I enjoy most about Pinot Noir; subtlety, elegance and personality
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Reviews & Accolades
92 points - Decanter World Wine Awards
4 1/2 stars - Michael Cooper, New Zealand Listener
97 points (5 stars) Sam Kim for Wine Orbit "This wine presents a beautiful blend of fruit purity and elegant complexity. It features flavours of dark berries, pressed flowers, warm spices, olive, dried herbs, and toasted almonds. The palate is equally impressive, boasting exceptional concentration and a plush mouthfeel, enhanced by a silky texture and intricate tannins. It is harmonious and seamless, culminating in a persistent, velvety finish."
93 points, Stephen Wong (The Real Review) "Smoky, spicy wood leads the charge, backed by ripe black cherry and black raspberry flavours with a dried fruit edge. Dark in expression with rather firm, late tannins creep up on the finish, this is young and currently tightly held in its shell of structure. There is length under the grip, suggesting good material within. A bigger style of pinot with notable oak influence. Give it a couple of years to soften and unfold"
91 points, James Suckling "Vivid, crunch and precise, showing aromas of raspberries, sweet cherries and arm spices. Medium-bodied with fine tannins, it has a peppery character on the palate and a delivious finish"
