93 points,

Bob Campbell, MW, July 2010

Soft, rich and reasonably silken Pinot Noir that achieves more concentration and a better texture than most Central Otago wines from this vintage. It displays an array of red fruit, spice, chocolate and new leather flavours. Amisfield Pinot Noir has achieved a remarkable consistency in style and quality with this wine over many vintages.

Chuck Hayward, JJ Buckley, May 2012

Opaque at the core with a youthful brickish robe and a thin pink rim, the powerful aromas of sour cherries mix with sweet vanilla-laced, cinnamon and nutmeg spices while also revealing some smoke, milk chocolate and fresh earth. A fairly full bodied attack rolls into a mouthfilling midpalate that avoids any heaviness thanks to some appropriate acid levels that act to keep the fruit light on its feet. Showing off some darker fruit flavors, this light-medium bodied pinot is balanced throughout and finishes with the faintest layer of talc-like tannins.

92 points,

Wine Front, December 2010

I reckon this wine has a fair bit to offer. It's fleshy and fruity and not at all lacking in the flavour department - as we've come to expect from Central Otago pinot noir. It offers a decent mouthful of cherry-plum fruit flavour, and while these flavours have a gentle sweetness - as you'd expect from ripe fruit - I'd almost call it a savoury style, due to its earthy, spicy highlights. But what i really like about this wine is its chalky tannin, and indeed chalky flavour through the finish. It gives it something extra.

93 points,

Wine Spectator, May 2010

Lithe and inviting, offering a harmonious style that balances cherry, plum and fresh fig flavors against fine tannins and lively balance. Drink now through 2017. -Harvey Steiman

About Winery

Amisfield Wine Company is a small specialist producer of Pinot Noir, aromatic whites and Methode Traditionelle wines, made with grapes sourced from their vineyard near Lake Dunstan, Central Otago.

'Grown Not Made' is the underlying philosophy of Amisfield. Whether it's the pristine grapes grown to exacting standards by our viticulture team, the world-class wines issuing from our estate winery or the superlative food served at our Bistro at Lake Hayes, Amisfield are now regarded as one of the leading producers of Central Otago.

 

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