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Mike Filigenzi
Known for his fashionable hair
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Mon Mar 20, 2006 4:43 pm
Sacramento, CA
Mark Kogos wrote:Sue
From the late 70s, I remember both collecting and drinking my way through a reasonable amount of Nobilo Pinotage which I recall were produced from up around Kumeu. Their's was regarded as one of the best examples from the golden period of NZ pinotage. Unfortunately they never really took on the additional depth and complexity that we started to see from Cab Savs also being produced during that period.
Mark
Oswaldo Costa wrote:Thanks for the review. Never got around to investigating pinotage, sadly, no doubt due to lack of above-mentioned PR campaign.
Sue Courtney wrote:Mark Kogos wrote:Sue
From the late 70s, I remember both collecting and drinking my way through a reasonable amount of Nobilo Pinotage which I recall were produced from up around Kumeu. Their's was regarded as one of the best examples from the golden period of NZ pinotage. Unfortunately they never really took on the additional depth and complexity that we started to see from Cab Savs also being produced during that period.
Mark
Yes, from Kumeu. Nobilo is still there and as now part of Constellation, it is also Constellation NZ headquarters. There are many more building and tanks than you will remember from the late 1970's and what was once the vineyard is now paddocks. To preserve the heritage, the original tasting room still exists
I still have a bottle of 1970's era Nobilo Pinotage. Is it drinkable? probably not.
The last one I have recorded as tasting was from the 1998 vintage.
Incidentally, Nobilo 1970 Pinotage was the first gold medal winning Pinotage in New Zealand. They made 100% Pinotage instead of blending with hybrids - as the worst wines were and probably what gave the wine such a bad rap.
Cheers,
Sue
Frank Deis wrote:Oswaldo Costa wrote:Thanks for the review. Never got around to investigating pinotage, sadly, no doubt due to lack of above-mentioned PR campaign.
You have missed nothing.
Bill Spohn
He put the 'bar' in 'barrister'
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Tue Mar 21, 2006 7:31 pm
Vancouver BC
Frank Deis wrote:Oswaldo Costa wrote:Thanks for the review. Never got around to investigating pinotage, sadly, no doubt due to lack of above-mentioned PR campaign.
You have missed nothing.
Peter May
Pinotage Advocate
3814
Mon Mar 20, 2006 11:24 am
Snorbens, England
Frank Deis wrote:You have missed nothing.
Peter May
Pinotage Advocate
3814
Mon Mar 20, 2006 11:24 am
Snorbens, England
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Jenise
FLDG Dishwasher
42664
Tue Mar 21, 2006 2:45 pm
The Pacific Northest Westest
Jenise wrote:I've had many a good pinotage. I brought a Kiwi version as a ringer to a pinot noir tasting that reknowned American winemaker Brian Loring attended, and he and I were both so enamored of it we heisted the bottle and escaped to a back area of the house to finish the bottle by ourselves which we did, giggling like children. Don't recall the producer, though.
Anyway, interesting review, Sue, and congrats to Peter on the new book.
Kriss Reed wrote:Jenise wrote:I've had many a good pinotage. I brought a Kiwi version as a ringer to a pinot noir tasting that reknowned American winemaker Brian Loring attended, and he and I were both so enamored of it we heisted the bottle and escaped to a back area of the house to finish the bottle by ourselves which we did, giggling like children. Don't recall the producer, though.
Anyway, interesting review, Sue, and congrats to Peter on the new book.
Jenise, might it have been Muddy Water? John Gorman used to bring in their pinotage, as well as their pinot, over at Southern Hemisphere.
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