2010 Osawa Wines Prestige Collection Pinot Noir
Rating:
89/100
Author:
Nick Stock
Variety: Pinot noir
Vintage: 2010
Publication: SMH and
The Age Good Wine Guide 2013
Hawke's Bay is not the region that first springs to mind when you think of NZ Pinot Noir, but this offering from relative newcomer Osawa Wines shows plenty of varietal twang. Spiced red cherry and plum fruits segue into lighter wafts of game, red licorice and forest floor. Bright acidity, fine-grained tannins and a medium-length finish feature in a wine that shows excellent drinkability.
Fermentation defines the character
DEBORAH WALTON-DERRY & PETER MORICE
Osawa Hawke's Bay Prestige Collection Chardonnay 2010 ($39)
We continue to be impressed by Osawa wines and this chardonnay is no exception. A big wine at 14.5 per cent abv, it retains its poise and irresistibility.
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Perfumed Alternative - Flying Sheep Gewurztraminer 2010
Established by Japanese wine lover, Taizo Osawa, Osawa Wine's
exotically scented gewürztraminer with its notes of ginger and rose over
opulently textured stonefruit with a fresh citrus zest edge, could rover an
appropriate alternative to a present of perfume.
Flying Sheep Gewurztraminer 2010 4.5★
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