2014 Curly Flat Pinot Noir

Curly Flat consistently produce some of the country’s top Pinots. The 2014 vintage was matured in 100% French oak for 22 months. Shows good depth with a dark red black tinged colour and a bright dark red hue. Perfumed scents of dark cherries, strawberries and plums tinged by overtones of violets are followed by well integrated vanillin cedar, some meatiness and spice. Elegant but powerful the palate is a moreish flavour experience of ripe dark cherries and strawberries that intertwine themselves with nuances of subtle vanillin cedar, some meatiness and spice. Excellent depth with a very polished, seamlessly integrated tannin structure. Long aftertaste of dark cherries, strawberries, vanillin cedar, a touch of meatiness and spice.
Cellar 5-6 years.
Alc 13.6%

Other Reviews….
Always look forward to trying the latest Curly Flat Pinot Noir. As indeed do a lot of people; it sits safely on the Most Anticipated List.
There’s plenty of richness here. Plenty of flow. And yet it’s varietal, fragrant, complex and savoury-slanted. We’re onto a good thing here. It takes spice and sews it through the mainstay of cherry plum, brushes smoky oak over dried herbs, and keeps cranberry/boysenberry characters for the finish, adding freshness and life to the overall sense of power. Mouthfeel is satiny; length is assured. Not a hair out of place. And plenty of excitement factor.
95 points
Campbell Mattinson – Wine Front