Jules Taylor Pinot Noir Marlborough 2007

A strong, dark cherry cola of a Pinot. A Marlborough style with a lot of weight and intensity. A fair whack of alcohol too but that's by the by as the fruit holds the extraction and heat together in an appealing package. There's an element of dark fruit syrup tempered by orange zest all mixed up with a heady, confusing aroma of gingerbread spices. The sweetness of cinnamon against a counterpoint of something else. After an investigation in the further reaches of the pantry we pinned it down to mace. For all that it's a one song wine and doesn't develop in the glass.