Maude Pinot Noir @ Corkscore

2014 Maude Pinot Noir

2022-03-11T09:08:38Z

94 points - Half bottle. Very intense on the nose. Dried florals, a touch of tomato concasse and spices. Medium bodied, nice concentration and focus. Fine tannins, beautifully integrated. Nicely aged wine!

Tasted on Thu, Mar 10, 2022.

2014 Maude Pinot Noir

2022-03-10T10:23:04Z

93 points - Medium purple red. Lovely aromatics of raspberries on the nose. Medium bodied, fully developed if a bit sharp on the finish. Juicy.

Tasted on Thu, Mar 10, 2022.

2016 Maude Pinot Noir

2018-09-20T05:07:57Z

93 points - Medium red with a violet tinge. Inviting, classical ripe sour cherry notes on the nose. Medium to full bodied with a good ripe fruit sweetness and weight and bramble, dried fruit, blackberry expression. Good persistence. A moorish and charming wine.

Tasted on Thu, Sep 20, 2018.

2016 Maude Pinot Noir

2018-09-20T05:08:44Z

93 points - Medium red with medium some translucency. Classic Otago pinot nose, a delight to smell: cherries and graphite. Palate is intense: wonderful clean fruit expression, edging on the dark side of cherries. Hints of coffee. Lovely balance. Drinking superbly. Spices: clove.

Tasted on Thu, Sep 20, 2018.

2016 Maude Pinot Noir

2018-09-20T05:08:03Z

93 points - Medium purple with some translucency. Classic Otago nose: cherries with graphite. Smooth palate with clean fruit expression of plum and dark cherries. Underpinned by spices, eg hint of cloves. Very pleasant indeed.

Tasted on Thu, Sep 20, 2018.

2016 Maude Pinot Noir

2017-09-08T03:37:01Z

88 points - Light to medium purple red. Fresh, juicy, fruit driven aromas of red cherry. Similarly on the palate, fresh and fruit driven, tannins a bit rustic. Spice, clove and anise on the finish. Simple rustic style of pinot.

Tasted on Fri, Sep 8, 2017.

2016 Maude Pinot Noir

2017-09-08T03:36:57Z

87 points - Medium light red. Graphite oak nose. Palate very much in the cherry and graphite mild typical of Otago. Nice simple quaffer. Doesn't have much ripe fruit at the core.

Tasted on Fri, Sep 8, 2017.

2008 Maude Pinot Noir

2010-07-26T06:11:41Z

95 points - I love the smell of Central Otago Pinot. In the right vintage, from the right producer, it smells like bottled Pinot essence, with all the beautiful, slightly feral, lilting fragrances that this variety is renowned for. It's the sort of smell that it is so distinctive &, well, beautiful, that it almost qualifies as the very pinnacle of vinosity. The nose has a truckload of musky, ripe, floral redcurrant & plum sauce fruit with a meaty edge. Its the aforementioned Pinot essence, if cast in a quite light and open frameset, with all the faint animale undertones that the variety carries with it. The palate is very ripe, probably a little too ripe, but with still distinctive and delicious Pinosity to it. Its quite high in acidity, with the alcohol distracting the focus of the back end, but its still a delicious mouthful of clear Pinot fruit that shows the excellence of this vintage.

Tasted on Mon, Jul 26, 2010.

2008 Maude Pinot Noir

2010-05-26T13:38:15Z

84 points - One of those soso Pinots. Slightly off kilter, with too much bitterness throwing it off. Perhaps it will improve with time?

Tasted on Wed, May 26, 2010.

2008 Maude Pinot Noir

2009-12-27T08:04:47Z

89 points - Ruby red (and finely highlighted by a setting sun). Well balanced tannins and acid combine to make a nice, full mouth. Then exhale: yes, that's just like Grandma's Christmas cake.

Tasted on Sun, Dec 27, 2009.