{"product_id":"2023-picardy-tete-de-cuvee-pinot-noir","title":"2023 Picardy Tete de Cuvee Pinot Noir","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e96+ Points - Erin Larkin, The Wine Advocate\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 2023 Tête de Cuvée Pinot Noir is structural and spicy, the impact of oak here more pronounced than in the estate wine. It shows the tremendous structure inherent in the grape tannins, which I admire, and the fruit has a different character—less of the strawberry fields and more dark fruit characters. It has tapenade, clove, star anise and shaved fennel alongside peat and black cherry. This is silky, seamless and very good indeed. 13.5% alcohol, sealed under natural cork.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom Picardy:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe first wine produced at Picardy was the 1996 Pinot Noir. Picardy Pinots exhibit finesse and complexity, inspired by the great Pinot Noir wines of the old world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eExcellent fruit intensity, structure, pH to acid relationship and fine-grained tannins guarantee long life and excellent bottle development. The wines are also very approachable in their early years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eSince the first vintage in 1996, an increase in new clonal plantings and an advance in vine age has resulted in wines of greater texture, structure and complexity. Picardy Pinot Noir consists of 11 clones: upright, droopy (existing clones in Australia) and clones 114, 115 and 777 (which are special selections from the University of Dijon) as well as 6 new clones imported from Burgundy. It took 21 years - from the time Bill supervised the sourcing of these clones - until the last one was finally delivered to Picardy from quarantine in 2011.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picardy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49220547510491,"sku":null,"price":105.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/1251\/5803\/files\/2023_Picardy_Tete_de_Cuvee_Pinot_Noir.jpg?v=1788624425","url":"https:\/\/shop.lamontscott.com.au\/products\/2023-picardy-tete-de-cuvee-pinot-noir","provider":"Lamont's Cottesloe","version":"1.0","type":"link"}