Saint Clair
Saint Clair Pioneer Block 16 Awatere
Pinot Noir · New Zealand
From public reviewers
6reviews
90median pts
$28median price
The cherry fruit that defines this wine is almost too bright, too pure—it verges on being confected in character. Yet it's reined in by a leash of vanilla oak and a reasonably firm structure of acids and tannins. The wine is merely too young at the moment, so give it a few years to mellow and gain complexity. || Most of Saint Clair's Pioneer Block offerings are excellent, but the 2011 Block 16 from the Awatere comes across as a simple, fruit-driven Pinot Noir. A punched-up cherry note dominates, leaving little room…
Source: Wine Enthusiast
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