A Happy accident, Saint Claire Pinot Noir

Sometimes in a mad rush of blood to the head I will go round one of my favourite wine retailers, find something exciting, maybe I had read a recent good review of a maker or a certain wine, and spend a lot more than I usually would on wine.  These bottles usually kick around the wine rack until I can find a "special occasion" to drink them on, by which point I have usually forgotten why I bought them in the first place.

Last night I was fishing for something different to drink out of the rack. I picked out the below, I remembered it was a little more than I would usually spend, but didn't recall it was quite this much more than I would usually spend, especially for weekday drinking.  Never mind, it was lovely and a treat on a week night.

Name                Saint Clair Pioneer Block Pinot Noir
Vintage              2009
Country              New Zealand
Region               Marlborough
Grape                Pinot Noir
Maker                Matt Thomson, Saint Clair
% Alc                13.5%
Price                  £17.50
Source               Majestic


This Pinot is absolutely lovely, really fruity, cherries and redcurrants,, with good herbal (but not farmyardy, like the french) maybe bramble leaves hints.  I am not going to go into detail, as to be honest I wasn't fully paying attention.

But I did love drinking this wine, it was so moreish, we could have drunk another bottle or two, which is saying something, usually one bottle of any wine is enough, and I am ready for something different.  This wine lingered tantalisingly after the, sadly, last mouthful seemingly to tease me that there was no more left.

Beautiful wine, will go on my "wine for special occasions list".  Writing about it has made me thirsty for more.