LAKE CHALICE

Plume By Lake Chalice Pinot Noir 2019

Trust your Taste

Dried berries and redcurrant mingle with tobacco, dark chocolate, liquorice and warm spice in this full Pinot Noir. Delicate, silty tannins shape a rich and lingering finish. Try it if you enjoy developed reds with savoury detail.

PalateKeyBr · Broad & Generous
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Generous flavour and texture balanced by freshness or complexity favour Broad palates. PalateKey groups wines by how they feel, helping you find styles you enjoy. Your own taste comes first.

This suits you if you enjoy full Pinot Noir with mature fruit and savoury complexity.

It may not suit you if you prefer simple, fresh-berry flavours.

Pinot NoirMarlborough, New Zealand750 ml bottle13.5% alcohol
$47.99per bottle
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Tasting Notes
  • Region New Zealand
  • Extras New
  • Style PinotnoirSoft Fruity Reds
  • Type Red
  • Grapes Pinot Noir
  • Body Light-medium
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Tasting Notes
  • Region New Zealand
  • Extras New
  • Style PinotnoirSoft Fruity Reds
  • Type Red
  • Grapes Pinot Noir
  • Body Light-medium

How this wine feels

This feels full and rounded, with gentle drying grip. Mature fruit shares the middle with tobacco and chocolate, giving a layered, savoury finish.

The sliders show how strongly each characteristic comes through. Higher does not mean better.

Structural IntensityFirm presence7/10
DelicatePowerful

How much presence and firmness the wine has in your mouth.

Astringency / TanninGentle grip4/10
Little gripFirm grip

The drying, gripping feeling on your gums.

Acidity SharpnessFresh5/10
GentleZesty

The fresh, mouth-watering edge of the wine.

Bitterness / SavourinessPronounced7/10
LittlePronounced

Bitter, herbal or savoury character beyond the fruit.

Softness / RoundnessRounded7/10
FirmRounded

How smooth and rounded the wine feels.

Sweet-Fruit ExpressionPronounced fruit7/10
Subtle fruitRipe fruit

Ripe fruit character. This is not a sugar-sweetness rating.

Ripe fruit flavours can be present in dry wines. Sweet-Fruit Expression describes fruit character, not residual sugar.

For the detail-minded
Pinot Noir13.5% alcohol0.3 g/L residual sugar6.0 g/L titratable aciditypH 3.51

Single-clone fruit with 19% whole clusters during fermentation; unfined and unfiltered.