Huia Pinot Noir

Winestate

November/December 2007

Huia Marlborough Pinot Noir 2005 Smells of rhubarb with a hint of coffee and toast. A ripe, but not over the top, intensely sweet cherry palate with an excellent savoury edge. Very European.

Patterson's The Tasting Panel Magazine

July 2007

by Blue Reviews

89 points
Huia 2005 Pinot Noir, Marlborough
One of the stars of our recent New Zealand tasting: simple but charming with clean juicy cherry.

November 2006 issue #115
Huia Pinot Noir 2005 Marlborough-5 stars Huia's best Pinot yet; very distinct and fine in character(violet, raspberry, plum,cherry) full bodied, supple in texture, and elegant and long on the palate, with a persistent finish. Fine value.

Wine reviews Online

September 6

by Gerald D. Boyd

94 Points
Huia, Marlborough (New Zealand) Pinot Noir 2004
Claire & Mike Allan are among the most consistent winemakers in the Marlborough region and this juicy pinot is no exception. The color is deep and rich with brilliant ruby hues, while the forward black fruit aroma has hints of boiled black tea. Bright and silky flavors are rich and textured, supported by firm refined tannins. The wine finishes with ample fruit and good length.

89 points by Bob Campbell

Huia 2005 Pinot Noir

Sweet red cherry flavours balanced by ripe tannins and good acidity to give a pleasantly drying finish. Texbook Pinot Noir in a very appealing supple style.

Wine NZ Magazine

Winter 2006

by Tasting panel

Huia Pinot Noir 2005
Team comments: Applealing pinky purple colour. Still very youthful with lots of aromatic blackberry and strawberry aromas. Juicy and silky with real fruit sweetness. Not a big bold wine but a charming sweetly fruited one.

1 December 2005
90 points 2003 Huia Pinot Noir, Marlborough Leans toward a feminin style, with complex, mysterious aromas of herbs, smoke and flowers that lead into a superbly textured mid-palate-like crushed silk. Lovely floral and cherry notes linger on the finish.

Issue #109

2003 Huia Pinot Noir, Marlborough
Supple, moderately rich in flavor and well balanced; a Pinot Noir with kola nut, spearmint, vanilla and plum aromas/flavors, and a long finish ( 2006-2007).

9 December

by Dan Berger

"EXCEPTIONAL"

2002 Huia Pinot Noir, Marlborough
Stylish medium weight wine with racy cherry-plum and underbrush notes, traces of nutmeg and clove, and a deep, complex finish. Try with rare roast beef. Another fine New Zealand Pinot

2005 Edition

by Michael Cooper

Huia Marlborough 2002 Pinot Noir
The elegant 2002 vintage(4stars) was grown in four vineyards, from Rapaura, on the north side of the Wairau Valley, to the Brancott Valley in the south, and French oak-aged for a year. Fragant and supple, with ripe-cherry and plum flavours showing some savoury complexity, it's a full-bodied, harmonious, finely textured wine, maturing well.

The Nashville City Paper On Line

August 11 2004

by Mark Johnson

"Things get a bit more serious here. The color is a bit garnet with a slight salmon-pink rim. The nose gets a bit more intense with red currants and plums, wet black earth and a smoldering cigar. In the mouth, there is filling sensation that is stripped away by moderate tannins, and then brusque tannins. It finally has a finish worth speaking of that fades away with myriad of red fruit flavors leaving the taster wishing for more."

Issue #100, 2004

Huia 2002 Pinot Noir, Marlborough
Best Pinot yet from Huia. It is deeply colored, full bodied, crisp, and long on the finish, with aromas/flavors of dried cherry, vanilla, plum, clove, and tobacco. 2,400 cases. [2004-2006]