2007 Felton Road Pinot Noir, Central Otago

Tasting pinot noirs from New Zealand reminded me how much better this fashionable, food-friendly red variety has become in this country. New Zealand  has developed a style of its own, with the emphasis on purity and sweetness of fruit, and seamless texture. The results are not like red burgundy with its more savoury flavours, but most Pinots are not trying to be and that’s their strength.
Felton Road's 2007 vintage may not be cheap, but it’s worth paying the extra for this stellar N. Zealand Pinot Noir.
(Joanna Simon - The Sunday Times - Sauce: Pinot Noir - 08/03/09)

A very floral, perfumed, classic Pinot Noir nose: fruit, violets, spice and bramble, with nothing in excess. Creamy and weighty across the mid-palate, very flowing, almost juicy sweetness with just enough dusty tannins kicking in to complement a dark finish with hints of espresso and chocolate. Complete, complex and perhaps close to the ultimate expression for a Felton Road Pinot Noir. Drinking now till 2012, along with with rabbit and prune hotpot.
(David Berry Green, BBR Buyer)