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Tesco Finest Yarra Pinot Noir 2007 - £9.99
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Author:  Duncan [ Wed May 12, 2010 11:09 am ]
Post subject:  Tesco Finest Yarra Pinot Noir 2007 - £9.99
Shez - tasting notes ....Please.

£12.99 less £3 on offer at the moment 12th May 2010.

Very posh bottle.
Author:  Shezza [ Wed May 12, 2010 11:52 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Tesco Finest Yarra Pinot Noir 2007 - £9.99
tasting from a slightly unsuitable glass on bottle opened 17hrs ago at room temp:

wonderful nose: sour cherry, smokey bacon and earthy mushroom

The sour cherries are dominant flavour initially and are almost a little too sharp at first but the oak comes in and adds a new dimension and softens things out a moment later.
tannins are fairly soft and length isn't too bad either

This is nice and I'm glad to have 2 bottles of 06 and 3 bottles of 07 left at home
However, I'm sad to say I don't think this is going to be for you.
I don't think the potential is there for it to evolve into the delicate/elegant PN you're after
Author:  Duncan [ Wed May 12, 2010 1:56 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Tesco Finest Yarra Pinot Noir 2007 - £9.99
Shezza wrote:
tasting from a slightly unsuitable glass on bottle opened 17hrs ago at room temp:

However, I'm sad to say I don't think this is going to be for you.
I don't think the potential is there for it to evolve into the delicate/elegant PN you're after


Shez, ok sir,..... So, no laying down, just mid week for a tenner, what do ya say ?

The last bottle of the 04 Yarra yerring station PN has the nose of a mouldy old carpet - very weird - since the fruit is still quite sweet. Cant drink it when the nose is wrong. Have already agreed with friends at Maj, taking back this w'end

Drystone - style ? Not really for me - noseless I thought
Babich family reserve MPN '07 ok, bottle variance 3rd one was better
I quite like a deeper Mercurey. Chateau de Marsannay at Maj, 4 years on was ok

I should give this a whirl ? Yes / No Cheers Shez. Please dont write up your PN notes with me looking over your shoulder :wink:

My friends at Maj have been saying that they are (subject to palate and style demands, and sadly the bank) upping their PN budgets - we are all trying to find something right under £15.

Will have to accept a coalition in the end, a progressive classic NW pact :roll: .
Author:  Shezza [ Wed May 12, 2010 5:57 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Tesco Finest Yarra Pinot Noir 2007 - £9.99
To give it some credit, I haven't come across any confectionary sweetness in this

It should have a few years left in it so now - 2013 I'd guess but only way to find out is to drink it over time.

I would like you to give it a go actually to see what someone who's had a lot more PN exposure (stop giggling at the back!) makes of it


Mrs S opened a bottle of the Drystone last weekend and I actually thought it was a lot better this time round - no cherry tunes.
Might be bottle variance or might just be we didn't give it much of a chance initially.
Have 3 more to go so will keep you posted
Author:  Duncan [ Wed May 12, 2010 8:37 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Tesco Finest Yarra Pinot Noir 2007 - £9.99
Thanks Shez,
I will enjoy picking some up, now you've said that. Cheers for this, I will take two and two more chablis if still there.
Author:  Shezza [ Wed May 12, 2010 9:39 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Tesco Finest Yarra Pinot Noir 2007 - £9.99
been told that the PN is no longer on offer at our Tesco Metro here :(
hope you guys have more luck
Author:  Shezza [ Mon Sep 05, 2011 10:00 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Tesco Finest Yarra Pinot Noir 2007 - £9.99
Developed nicely now
Nice whiff of barnyard funk on the nose
Sharp red berry with soft tannins and ripe fresh acidity
Author:  Duncan [ Mon Sep 05, 2011 10:46 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Tesco Finest Yarra Pinot Noir 2007 - £9.99
Excellent, I was eyeing-up a pair of 2007's in my stock that I bagged after your tip-off the previous May, last year. Very glad I looked thru all of the shelves to find them (the 2007) - Cheers Shez.

When should I open them ? Not quite yet for me :wink: .
Author:  Shezza [ Tue Sep 06, 2011 10:18 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Tesco Finest Yarra Pinot Noir 2007 - £9.99
I would say this is drinking nicely now as I literally popped and poured and drank it over a little time from burgundy glasses.
Should imagine it'll have a year or so in it before it probably starts turning south

Bottle variance is always a possibility with these supermarket wines, especially when they sit in the supermarket warehouse and on the shelves of the store for a while

I've scored it a 90 in CT as it's one of the better value and more ccomplex NW offerings I've tried (especially when we got it for ~£6.66)
Author:  Duncan [ Tue Sep 06, 2011 3:33 pm ]
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That is remarkable QPR - what we'd all like to see more of at Quaffers.

I will enjoy it, No Worries - because I shall pick this wine for light cold meats, that particularly benefit from a fruit forward and sharp red berry pinot noir. Sounds nice already :wink:
Author:  Shezza [ Tue Sep 06, 2011 3:39 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Tesco Finest Yarra Pinot Noir 2007 - £9.99
was a gem with marmalade glazed gammon on Sunday
Author:  Duncan [ Tue Sep 06, 2011 3:46 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Tesco Finest Yarra Pinot Noir 2007 - £9.99
Shezza wrote:
was a gem with marmalade glazed gammon on Sunday


Delicious, as with unsweetenned cherry and raspberry compot :) That's not teasing NW pinot noir, just the nature of it.
Author:  wizzywoo [ Mon Sep 19, 2011 1:27 pm ]
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Now on clearance at £7.39 in store - very nice, not an overly complex wine but excellent value at the clearance price. The 2010 had a bitter edge to it and isn't in the same league as the 2007.

:qofgoodvalue:
Author:  tribs [ Mon Sep 19, 2011 8:06 pm ]
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wizzywoo wrote:
The 2010 had a bitter edge to it and isn't in the same league as the 2007.


Aargh! :evil: I've got 6 of the 2010.
Author:  Shezza [ Tue Nov 08, 2011 2:21 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Tesco Finest Yarra Pinot Noir 2007 - £9.99
I've been picking up any 2007 bin ends where and when I could over the recent 25% offers...

I've recently consumed about 3 or 4 bottles with which I have been very pleased.
Previous bottles gave the impression that this had legs to last a couple more years but my most recent bottle began to fade a few hours after opening.
Likely their is some variance due to storage in different stores.

for ~£5.55 tho its still a great bargain
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