2011 PINOT NOIR

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REVIEWS OF BLACK QUAIL 2011 PINOT NOIR

4 1/2 stars | Peter Saunders
www.nzwineguide.co.nz
"Like the 2012, the colour is dark, the flavours quite intense. Drinking very well now at four years but a Pinot in no hurry. A wine with ripe fruit which gives a lovely presence; a fine silky texture. Mouth-filling and elegant. Definitely a relation of the 2012. Excellent drinking into 2018 at least."

95 points | Bob Campbell
"A deliciously ethereal texture is the most remarkable feature of this soft and seductive Pinot Noir. Elegant rather than blockbuster style with plenty of power. Black cherry, plum, spice and a suggestion of liquorice and dark chocolate."

93 points | James Suckling
" This looks quite spicy and complex, with saffron and Moroccan accents, some bright dark-cherry and plum fruits, and toasty oak tapped in deep. The palate has sheet-like tannins that are fine and ripe, and build evenly through a core of dark-plum flavor. Finishes with conviction and depth. Drink now. " (10/ 2014)

90 points | Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar
" Good bright deep red. Inviting aromas of black raspberry, mocha, sandalwood and underbrush are a bit Vosne-like. Nicely concentrated and silky, with good depth to the sweet raspberry, smoke, licorice and mocha flavors. Still a bit edgy on the back but I like this wine's stuffing and loamy dark raspberry soil tones. Finishes with dusty tannins and very good length. In a distinctly Burgundian style. (A second bottle, of equal quality, was broader and more pliant on the back end.) "  (10/ 2013)