Felton Road Block 5 Pinot Noir 2021

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Felton Road
Block 5 Pinot Noir 2021

Vintage : 2021
Country : New Zealand
Region : Central Otago
Subregion
Type : Red
Style Fruity Medium Bodied
Format : 75cl
Alcohol : 14,5°
Grappes : 100% Pinot Noir

Experts		Score	Vintage
JS	James Suckling	97	2021
DCT	Decanter	97	2021
VN	Vinous (Antonio Galloni)	97	2021
RP	Robert Parker	94+	2021
WS	Wine Spectator	94	2021
BC	Bob Campbell MW	97	2020

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Immediately the pedigree is obvious: loaded with dark fruit and dried herbs, with hints of smoked meat over a complex spice background. The palate leads with a silky chocolate like sensation that builds and flows to every corner of the mouth.

There is a harmony of different textural components that’s enchanting and end-lessly enticing. It’s all about finesse, detail and honesty: no more and no less

James Suckling (JS) : 97 Points (2021)

The brightness and clarity of fruit is something else with hibiscus, ripe strawberries, raspberries, and slate follow through to a full body, with a tight and structured intensity at the finish. Solid tannins give it a tightness at the end. Needs four or five years to open.

Decanter (DCT) : 97 Points (2021)

Crushed berry, Ceylon tea leaves and white pepper make for a brooding and alluring nose. The palate takes up this aromatic theme, enabled by a very fine, clear streak of bright acidity. A frame of graceful, firm tannin lends structure to this elegant wine. Really poised, long and aromatic. Matured in just 25% of new French oak for 16 months.

Vinous (Antonio Galloni) (VN) : 97 Points (2021)

The 2021 Pinot Noir Block 5 oozes class with its coating of rich fruit that sways its way across the palate. It's not a robust style, but there's masses of fine Pinot tannins that quietly melt around your cheeks. It's rather easy to like in youth, which is surprising. It doesn't even seem to need to take a breath and relax. And yet, it's all here for the long term with its great length, quiet structure and complex fragrances that fill the mouth. (1/2023)

Robert Parker (RP) : 94+ Points (2021)

The 2021 Block 5 Pinot Noir is full throttle and energetic, but it speaks also in a restrained, measured way. The wine shows a cavalcade of red fruits on the capacious mid-palate, and it spools through the long finish. Like casting a fishing rod into a still lake, the wine has an audible “ffff-ssssssss” through the finish. There remains an overhang of flavor on the mid-palate that conveys sweet roasted meats and exotic spices. The acidity here, as in all of the 2021s, feels alive and cooling. It is a wonderful thing. 14% alcohol, sealed under screw cap.

Wine Spectator (WS) : 94 Points (2021)

Packs a bunch of power and precision on a delicate frame, with notes of fresh rose petals, lavender and cinnamon mingling with cherry compote, raspberry and cranberry. Reveals additional details of sandalwood, Earl Grey tea and forest floor that linger effortlessly on the finish.

Bob Campbell MW (BC) : 97 Points (2020)

Intensely aromatic with a mix of plum, violet, cherry, dried herb, wet slate and mixed spice flavours. A complex, harmonious wine that gives equal prominence to all of its flavours without allowing one to dominate. Needs time to fully express its potential (9/2021)

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