2014 Te Wahi Pinot Noir, Cloudy Bay, Central Otago (6 x Bottle)
Somehow, I missed reviewing this wine last year, instead looking at the 2015. The 2014 Te Wahi Pinot Noir boasts beautiful aromas of roses, black tea, orange rind and pie cherries. On the palate, it's medium-bodied, with earthy, cola-driven flavors and some charred, smoky overtones but without the extra layers of texture found in the 2015 or 2016.
2014 Te Wahi Pinot Noir, Cloudy Bay, Central Otago (6 x Bottle)
Somehow, I missed reviewing this wine last year, instead looking at the 2015. The 2014 Te Wahi Pinot Noir boasts beautiful aromas of roses, black tea, orange rind and pie cherries. On the palate, it's medium-bodied, with earthy, cola-driven flavors and some charred, smoky overtones but without the extra layers of texture found in the 2015 or 2016.
| Region | Central Otago |
|---|---|
| Country | New Zealand |
| Vintage | 2014 |
| Colour | Red |
| ABV | 14.00% |
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Vinous
The 2014 Te Wahi has a very floral, very perfumed bouquet with ample black cherries, bilberry, cassis and blueberry aromas wafting from the glass. This is very opulent after the mild-mannered Pinot Noirs from Cloudy Bay. The palate is well balanced with a fine bead of acidity, firm grip and a rigid style. The rather blank finish feels a little conservative and does not really engage like others. This is a somewhat distant wine.
88 Points / Drinking 2019 - 2025
By Neal Martin / November 2018
Vinous
(made with 20% whole clusters): Dark, bright color. Distinctly blacker in fruit character on the nose than the Marlborough example, conveying an impression of power to its medicinal aromas of black cherry, blackberry, bitter chocolate, licorice and crushed black pepper. A step up in weight, breadth and palate presence too, but taut and tight, conveying a youthfully medicinal quality to its very primary dark fruit, licorice and wild herb flavors. This firmly structured, clenched wine needs time in bottle to loosen up and develop more nuance. This Central Otago Pinot struck me as rather heavily extracted, and the 2013 version was too tannic for me. But Sorrell noted that the number of punchdowns was reduced from two to four in 2014 to just one or two in 2015, and a barrel sample of the new vintage indicated a clearly more pliant wine.
88+ Points / Drinking 2019 - 2024
By Stephen Tanzer / May 2016