Bass Phillip - Premium Pinot Noir - 2009

When I can’t drink Reserve wines, I’ll settle for Premium wines. This is Very Premium. Bright cherry fruit, white pepper, earth, liquorice and French nougat oak. It’s fine and vibrant with particularly perky, but balanced, acidity. Just medium bodied – not a heavy wine at all. And again the length is exemplary. Very tight and backwards. Love the mix of fragrance, spice and earthy bass (not bass) notes. Looks impressive. Going to be very fine. Premium even. 95+ Points/Drink 2014-2025 - Gary Walsh, The Wine Front Luxuriant pinot, whose heady floral perfume of cherries, musk and dusty spices precedes an ethereal, supple and smooth palate whose assertive, powerful fruit presence is supported by delightfully fine-grained and dusty tannin, finishing with remarkable length and drive. It's the classic pinot cliche: the iron fist in the velvet glove. 96 Points/Drink 2015-2019 - Jeremy Oliver