2016 Sidewood Stablemate Pinot Noir

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Winery
Sidewood
Vintage
2016
Grape Variety
Pinot Noir
Region
  • Adelaide Hills
Alcohol (%)
13
Purchase Price ($)
20
Wine Rating
86
Closure
Screwcap
Source
Sample
A nose of iodine, elastoplast and sweet earth; red cherry fruit is somewhere in there.
The palate retains the funk from the nose and tastes much older than a 2016 wine with fruit muted and given an earthen and leathery note. Likely a bit of brettanomyces, but given there is good fruit and some nice oak it's passable; some will quite enjoy and others will detest.