2021 Pinot Noir MacMuir

2021 Pinot Noir MacMuir

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Decanter
Anne Krebiehl MW
January 2023 
95 Points

Bright cherry juiciness on the nose comes with notes of crushed red and black berries, followed by toast and pepper. The palate redoubles on this spiciness and comes with firm but fine tannins that makes this come across as muscular and bold. This needs bottle age. The first release of this vineyard and the wine spent 13 months in French oak of which a quarter was new.

The Real Review
Bob Campbell MW
August 2021 
96/100
Intense wine with a complex mix of fruit, floral and savoury flavours including violet, dark cherry, chocolate/mocha. Richly-textured, with a backbone of sweet, ripe tannins that linger long after the wine has been swallowed. High alcohol (14.5%) but the wine can certainly handle it. Collectors and investors note: this is the first release of a new label.

The Wine Front
Gary Walsh
August 2022 
94 Points
I think the first release of a wine from this vineyard.

Darker fruit than Bannockburn, more into ripe cherry, some spice and thyme, roses. A more firm and stony texture here, a smattering of amaro, dark chocolate, and a silty tannin finish of good length. More intensity, maybe less charm and drinking appeal early on than the other Pinots from 2021, though an excellent and powerful expression of Pinot Noir. It seems to be a wine that needs a little time to unfurl.