Huia Pinot Noir 2020

Tasting Notes

A bouquet of high energy, shape and form; purple to darker-skinned berries, spice and savoury qualities then sweetness of oak and mineral. Dark cherry skin and wild forest berries, crumbled greywacke stone, dried herb and wood smoke. Dry, taut and youthful on the palate with an initial firm texture from tannins and acidity. As the palate dissolves these and becomes more accustomed to the texture on the third taste a rush of berry flavours emerges to reflect the bouquet and usher in the flavours of Pinot Noir berry fruits, some barrel spices, mid-palate weight and power. Well made, youthful and needing more cellar time. Tasted again after an hour the wine shows that it will begin to integrate and relax more in about 2 more years making the drinking window from 2027 through 2035+. Excellent. [Decant for one hour to enjoy tonight.] (Cameron Douglas, MS,camdouglasms.com,Feb. 14, 2025)