TN: Arranmore 2002 Adelaide Hills Black Pinot

markg · Post by **markg** » Tue Oct 28, 2003 5:21 pm

I attended the public tasting for the Adelaide Hills wine awards the other weekend. An excellent array of wines. Some very nice Pinot's and Chardonnays. I decided to get some perspective on Pinots and after tasting all the Gold and silver winners (which were very nice) I decided to taste a few of the losers to see what was missing.

I was astounded to discover a teeny micro producer whose pinot really punched my buttons. It was similar in flavours and complexity to all the medal winners but was probably (and I am just guessing here) too different from the technical specifications of a medal winning pinot.

Concentrated cherries, strawberries, brambles and very pleasing white pepper on the palate was enhanced by a nice weight and a silky smoothness in the mouth with a solid tannin structure.

It was the white pepper and weight of the wine that did it for me, I can't recall it being like any other Pinot I have tasted, yet it really blew me away. I suspect I need more Pinot training though if I tend to like non-medal winners over medal winners :wink:

The sad thing about this wine (to me at least) is that there were only 50 cases produced.

Paul T · Post by **Paul T** » Tue Oct 28, 2003 9:38 pm

Does anyone know what the results of this tasting were..Adelaide Hills Pinots are getting better and better and i'm always interested to find new producers.

Cheers

Paul

Gavin Trott · Post by **Gavin Trott** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 9:38 am

Paul T wrote:Does anyone know what the results of this tasting were..Adelaide Hills Pinots are getting better and better and i'm always interested to find new producers.

Cheers

Paul

Hi paul

I believe, but am not 100% certain, Ashton Hills first followed by 2002 O'Leary Walker.

Someone else may correct me, but I believe so.

Best wine of show, best red etc 2001 K1 Shiraz, from Geoff Hardy, a label related to Pertaringa fromm his Kuitpo vineyards.

Tried to find full results on the web yesterday, but couldn't track them down.

markg · Post by **markg** » Wed Oct 29, 2003 10:06 am

All the O'Leary Walkers on show were fantastic. The Pinot was very good, especially for the twenty odd dollar price tag.