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Flat Rock Gravity Pinot Noir 2012 Wine Review

Flat Rock Gravity Pinot Noir 2012

Flat Rock Gravity Pinot Noir 2012

Twenty Mile Bench, Niagara Peninsula, Ontario V.Q.A., Canada

Community Score:91/100

Community Reviews: 3

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Price: $29.25

Drink: 2013-2018

Bottle size: 750 ml

Alcohol: 12.9%

Sweetness: Extra Dry

Wine Type: Red Wine


Winery: Flat Rock

Agent: Flat Rock Cellars

Natalie's Score: 91/100

Flat Rock is one of Niagara's finest producers of Pinot Noir, and this bottling of their Gravity from an exceptionally great vintage shows why. The winery uses the gentlest methods to press the grapes and make the wine via a gravity flow system rather than pumping (thus the name gravity on the label). Then the wine was aged in French oak barrels for 18 months. Medium ruby hue with cherry accents, polished tannins, silky smooth texture and medium bodied weight. Gorgeous cherry-berry aromas and flavours on the mid-palate. Then it finishes with wisps of black raspberry and vanilla toast. This red wine is so vibrant and so fantastically great year after year. Try it with roast chicken or turkey.

Pinot Noir food pairings: duck risotto, planked salmon, roast chicken.

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This Flat Rock Gravity Pinot Noir 2012 was reviewed on November 8, 2014 by Natalie MacLean

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Heather Wall - CS; WSET Advanced rated this wine as 91/100 with the following review:

Gravity, a Reserve Pinot Noir, is crafted from the vineyard's best batches,clones and barrels. This leans to a medium body Pinot Noir from an exceptional year in the Niagara Peninsula. Medium ruby colour with thin legs. Wafting aromatics of dark cherry,raspberry, plum, vanilla, violets, pepper, clove, earthy, smoke. Palate introduces a bit more sour cherry, cranberry, baking spices. Perfect amount of acidity coupled with supple tannins. Easy drinking. This might just be my Christmas table wine. Enjoy over the next 3-5 years.
Tasted: November 8, 2014
This lovely Niagara red wine is made from 100% Pinot Noir grapes. The 2012 vintage was a warm one, but this wine remains balanced and fresh, not flabby. - Community Wine Reviews

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