Cooks Lot Iconique Barrique R16R17 Pinot Noir 2019

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Cooks Lot Iconique Barrique R16R17 Pinot Noir 2019.

Cooks Lot Iconique Barrique R16R17 Pinot Noir 2019
$60, 13% alcohol, screwcap, Orange.

This is a firm, complex, serious pinot noir with charm in-laid and length to burn. It tastes of undergrowth, sweet-sour cherries, chicory and round after round of sweet spice, with autumnal leaf notes whispering as highlights. The complex array of flavour here is one thing – as is the wine’s overall, exquisite balance – but the structural authority of this wine is another. This is a mature, confident wine of both character and control. 94 points.

Campbell Mattinson

This article was written by Campbell Mattinson, former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion book, former editor of Halliday magazine, former editor of Australian Sommelier Magazine and founder of the highly respected The Winefront site.

Mattinson has been an independent wine critic and photo-journalist since 1987. He’s the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He’s a past winner of a Louis Roederer International Wine Media Award; is the author of the award-winning book The Wine Hunter; and is the author of the best-selling novel We Were Not Men. He’s also a winner of a St Kilda Film Festival Award (as writer-director) and is a former winner of the prized Best Australian Sports Writing Award.

Mattinson, who is 100% independent, puts a score out of 100 on every wine that he reviews. But what he’d rather do, is tell you the wine’s story.

https://www.campbellmattinson.com
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