Tasting Notes - Isabel Estate Pinot Noir 2003

Slightly murky red with a touch of brown. Nose is a little run of the mill nose: berries and cherry. Primary fruit is a little shy in the mouth but there's heaps of structure and some nice non-fruity notes going on. Quiet sour and a fraction bitter (at this stage) but has good acid carry and should age well for at least a another 3 - 5 years. Like the Marinda this wine definately needs time. A good drop but will price in the mid forties and will compete with some pretty hand (and probbaly better) pinot's from Martinborough and Central Otago.