You don’t see much current release, six-year-old Central Otago Pinot Noir, which makes this Kuru Kuru Pinot Noir 2019 an outlier. It doesn’t look five years old. The smell isn’t old either – dried raspberry and a floral sort of thing. A little dusty bottle age and some slow-cooked lamb in there, but the core of stewed raspberry is rock solid. Long too. Just a little volatile and stewy would be my complaint, and it’s not getting any better. Meaty maturity is welcome though – a good, mature Pinot Noir with a bit of firm swagger.
- Best drinking: now
- Score (out of 20): 17.7
- Score (out of 100): 92
- Alcohol %: 13.5
- RRP (in $AUD): 48
- Winery website: https://www.kurukuru.co.nz/
- Would I buy it?: a glass
THE VERDICT
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I’ve found Marlborough and Martinborough are more successful overall with ageing well.
I’d love to get my hands on James Suckling’s 828 clone pinot from last year, unfortunately won’t ever happen.