Mt Difficulty Single Vineyard Long Gully Pinot Noir @ Corkscore

2012 Mt Difficulty Single Vineyard Long Gully Pinot Noir

2025-08-03T10:35:41Z

96 points - Medium red. Beautifully integrated, cherry and raspberry. Some graphite dust. Smooth drinking. In the zone.

Tasted on Sun, Aug 3, 2025.

2012 Mt Difficulty Single Vineyard Long Gully Pinot Noir

2025-08-07T12:43:03Z

95 points - Medium dark purple red. Complex, dark spiced aromas, smoked meats. Great concentration and depth of flavour, detail and interest on the palate. Tannins must have been formidable in the youth but persistent now and very long.

Tasted on Sun, Aug 3, 2025.

2010 Mt Difficulty Single Vineyard Long Gully Pinot Noir

2024-08-04T10:18:25Z

97 points - Medium unfiltered red. Whole bunch nuances evident on the nose and palate, minty, herbal notes, meaty, developed aromas. Drinking at its peak no doubt, the tannins are now absolutely melded and in great harmony with the fruit, this wine has stature and presence, yet restraint and refinement. Long and emphatic, there is singing fruit clarity still here; this must have been a big, powerful wine in its youth. Quite a stunner.

Tasted on Sun, Aug 4, 2024.

2012 Mt Difficulty Single Vineyard Long Gully Pinot Noir

2023-04-09T09:15:34Z

95 points - Medium purple and red, slightly cloudy edge. Nose of cola cherry. Dried herbs, thyme. Weâ??ll integrated palate. Good food wine. Drinking very well.

Tasted on Sun, Apr 9, 2023.

2012 Mt Difficulty Single Vineyard Long Gully Pinot Noir

2023-04-09T10:56:02Z

92 points - Stalky, sappy. Powerful in its youth, fruit now receding, revealing the firm structure.

Tasted on Sun, Apr 9, 2023.

2010 Mt Difficulty Single Vineyard Long Gully Pinot Noir

2022-03-11T10:36:28Z

95 points - Medium red. Nose shows fresh kirsch. Fine tannins are the main theme on the palate, with cherry high tones. A bit lean in the mid tones, which is emphasised by the graphite aromas. Superb acidity, which is the hallmark here and keeping the wine on its feet. Drink up, this is at or past peak. Needed about 45min to open up. There is an insight about ageing here: has the formidable tannins structure outlived the exuberant fruit? Maybe 5-8 years is the idea age for this style of Otago Pinot.

Tasted on Fri, Mar 11, 2022.

2010 Mt Difficulty Single Vineyard Long Gully Pinot Noir

2022-03-11T10:33:31Z

94 points - Dark red with a slightly brick fringe. Intense, meaty, cherry schnapps bouquet, after time some lavender aromas, fairly spicy. Quite savoury, powerful and concentrated in flavour on the palate. Firm, solid tannins providing lots of backbone. Not as fleshy as I would’ve expected though, the fruit expression having faded somewhat over time. Needs food. Some bitterness pervades.

Tasted on Fri, Mar 11, 2022.

2010 Mt Difficulty Single Vineyard Long Gully Pinot Noir

2020-12-24T11:22:46Z

95 points - Medium dark purple, cloudy and unfiltered. Earthy mushroom nose with kirsch liqueur. Herbs, even a bit of Campari. Will age a lot longer. A meaty, hearty drink. Still young and quite closed. Spicy finish with a bit of heat. Classy wine. Try again in 2023.

Tasted on Thu, Dec 24, 2020.

2010 Mt Difficulty Single Vineyard Long Gully Pinot Noir

2020-12-24T11:20:12Z

94 points - Dark medium red with a brick fringe. Very mushroomy and earthy on the nose, savoury, slightly lifted, sweaty saddle with a touch of heat. Very concentrated and savoury, built and masculine. Slightly bitter and phenolic.

Tasted on Thu, Dec 24, 2020.

2012 Mt Difficulty Single Vineyard Long Gully Pinot Noir

2015-08-16T12:05:39Z

94 points -

Tasted on Sun, Aug 16, 2015.