Mt Difficulty Pipeclay Terrace Pinot Noir @ Corkscore

2010 Mt Difficulty Pipeclay Terrace Pinot Noir

2025-08-15T14:43:59Z

97 points - Medium dark red purple. Complex and mysterious aromas, spicy and detailed. Beautifully complete wine, seamless, powerful, complex and profound. There is a density and tight knit structure that is rare in pinot. Spectacular.

Tasted on Fri, Aug 15, 2025.

2010 Mt Difficulty Pipeclay Terrace Pinot Noir

2025-08-15T11:14:18Z

96 points - Mushroom and Forrest floor aromas. Tannins fully integrated.

Tasted on Fri, Aug 15, 2025.

2010 Mt Difficulty Pipeclay Terrace Pinot Noir

2022-08-22T11:03:10Z

96 points - Dark medium red purple. Cloudy. Dried herbs and dark berry nose. Palate needs a lot of air: decant. Tight. Finely woven tannins. Graphite, almost bitter finish. Blackberries. Dried thyme. Drinking perfectly now. Later: Meaty, hearty, Forest floor and mushroom aromas. Charred tones. Definitely a full flavour pinot! Day 2: wow, it’s gone Cola - Fernet Branca. Superb wine, give it another 3-5 years.

Tasted on Sun, Aug 21, 2022.

2010 Mt Difficulty Pipeclay Terrace Pinot Noir

2022-08-21T09:42:50Z

96 points - Dark unfiltered purple red. Spicy, dark cherry aromas, hints of charry smoke. Needs decanting. Rich, structural wine, powerful network of tannin, firm, muscular. Succulent, fleshy with sappy finish that lingers. Leather, savoury characters. Very good! Has gravitas. Assertive finish.

Tasted on Sun, Aug 21, 2022.

2010 Mt Difficulty Pipeclay Terrace Pinot Noir

2019-12-27T10:39:54Z

95 points - Medium dark purple red. Savoury, complex aromas, nuts and ham, cherry and spiced oak. Good richness on the palate, ripe and concentrated with graphite, minerally, chalky tones. Very long.

Tasted on Fri, Dec 27, 2019.

2010 Mt Difficulty Pipeclay Terrace Pinot Noir

2019-12-28T08:53:01Z

95 points - Mushroom and forest floor. Fully mature.

Tasted on Fri, Dec 27, 2019.

2010 Mt Difficulty Pipeclay Terrace Pinot Noir

2020-12-24T08:38:14Z

97 points - Medium dark, unfiltered purple red. Very tight nose, elegant and mysterious, gentle reductive, barnyard characters, plum notes. Rich, excellent concentration, balanced, poised, plum skin phenolics. Beautifully aged, soft and such a satisfying wine.

Tasted on Sun, Mar 3, 2019.

2010 Mt Difficulty Pipeclay Terrace Pinot Noir

2019-03-03T10:27:25Z

96 points - Medium dark purple. Chatty cherry nose. Savoury palate, dense almost creamy texture. Cherry. Spices. Needs time. Confectionary sugar. Try in 2022.

Tasted on Sun, Mar 3, 2019.

2010 Mt Difficulty Pipeclay Terrace Pinot Noir

2018-03-16T11:40:52Z

96 points - Medium purple red with a violet fringe. Still quite youthful looking. Intensely floral nose, full of dried leaves, undergrowth, black fruit, hints of clove and charcuterie. Needs a while to open up. Compact and powerful on the palate, blackcurrant, tobacco, herbs. It is concentrated and focussed. Tannins still grippy but on the verge of softening. Green pepper. Long, very powerful and complete. Very good.

Tasted on Fri, Mar 16, 2018.

2010 Mt Difficulty Pipeclay Terrace Pinot Noir

2018-03-16T12:26:28Z

96 points - Medium red, slight brick tinge showing some development. Very forest floor mushroom nose, definitely on the graphite / dried blood iron side of things. Palate coverage is substantial, with acidity core giving it length and depth. Dried thyme. Profound and complex wine, has years ahead. Try again in 2020.

Tasted on Fri, Mar 16, 2018.