2009 Ostler Caroline’s Waitaki Valley New Zealand Pinot Noir

14.0% alc., screwcap. Imported by Terrell Wines, San Francisco, CA. · Moderate reddish purple color in the glass. Very ripe fruit aromas on the nose with a heavy dose of smoke and ash. A rustic, savory wine with smoky, herbal oak overshadowing the very ripe core of berry, plum and purple grape fruits. Seems like an atypical bottle. Score: NR. Reviewed October 21, 2014

Winery: Ostler
From article: New Zealand Pinot Noirs from Salmanazar