[WTN] Wither Hills 2005 Pinot Noir

I bought this because my partner prefers fruity wines and she'd been putting up with lots of tough old French reds recently. It was an impulse buy - not something I'd asked about or researched at all.

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Wine has that distinctively twig-and-cherry Pinot Noir scent, bolstered by a rich, almost chocolatey smoke aroma.

The palate is bursting with rich, juicy cherry and black fruit flavours running from the sweet all the way through to the slightly medicinal. Smoke also remains an important ingredient in the mix. Acid is slightly out of whack, but to some extent this aids the juicy quality of the wine by making the mouth water, and the mouthfeel is otherwise silky smooth.

Put almost any NZPPN against a "tough old French red" and the fruit will sing.
Chocolate and cherries used to be a key pointer for Marlborough PN for me in blind tastings, though I now pick up those indicators in Central Otago PN quite often too.
What was the price?

Put almost any NZPPN against a "tough old French red" and the fruit will sing.

I rather like the tough old French reds. It's been quite a delightful revelation discovering the range of non-fruit flavours that can turn up in wine. However, this made a nice change and my partner enjoyed it.

What was the price?

I paid £15 for it, but I think it can be had from around £12 at some outlets.