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
A$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.

Campbell Mattinson

Campbell Mattinson has been an independent journalist, wine critic and photographer for forty years. He founded The Winefront, is a former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion (and former editor of Halliday magazine), and is the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He is 100% independent, and tastes between 5,000 and 10,000 wines each year, blind and in comparative brackets as often as is practicable.

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Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.

https://www.campbellmattinson.com
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