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Dry River

Pinot Noir · New Zealand

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19reviews
91median pts
$60median price
As typical for Dry River Pinots, this one is pretty surly in its youth. Intense and astringent, it packs layers of dusty black-cherry fruit into a tightly coiled frame. Try after 2019. || This was an interesting showing for Dry River's 2008 Pinot, which seems to be showing more structure now than when I first tasted it last November. Now it's a bit blockier than I remember it, with potent cherry-berry fruit, a bit of vanilla and an long finish that ultimately smooths out and turns silky. Try 2013–2020. || A lusciou…

Source: Wine Enthusiast

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