2006 ESTATE PINOT NOIR

JAMES HALLIDAY, AUSTRALIAN WINE COMPANION
2011 Edition

Red-purple, showing little sign of development; a rich and powerful bouquet of dark berry fruit is replayed on the palate; will be very long lived. Screwcap. 14% alc. Rating: 95 To: 2016

GOURMET TRAVELLER WINE MAGAZINE
WINE TASTING PANEL APRIL/MAY 2011

Provides a great opportunity to try a five year-old Yarra, a treat we all enjoyed. I admired the complex, cedary and funky flavours which still allowed the rich, sweet plummy fruit to show through. Pearce agreed, finding it “a savoury style and vibrant for an ‘06. There’s oak evident, but good fruit too, and powdery tannins to finish.”  While nicely matured, the wine will hold further in bottle if you want more complexity.

CAMPBELL MATTINSON AND GARY WALSH, THE BIG RED WINE BOOK 2010/11

Nice wine. Lots of lovely, dry tannin but a stewy, spicy sweetness is the dominating character - and what a joy it is to sup of it. Twigs and cherries, autumn leaves and toasty oak. It reaches out long through the finish. Deserves to be poured into a big pinot noir glass and savoured.
Drink 2011-2015.

GRANT DODD, grantdoddwine.blogspot.com
March 2011

Always a good sign when you head for a second glass mid week. Or is it! Well, it means that it's a very drinkable wine usually, and this Toolangi is no exception to the rule.   Dark/sour cherry flavour, some early signs of bottle aged/mushroomy complexity coming through but still plenty of fruit here, closing dry, savoury and with impressive length. An enjoyable, food friendly wine.

HUON HOOKE, TASTINGS
GOOD LIVING MAGAZINE, SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
16 March 2010

TOP AUSSIE RED. This pinot is towards the well-structured end of the spectrum - all the more reason it should be released with age. It has developed burgundy-like savoury complexities over dark-cherry fruit. Firm and sapid in the mouth, with superior length and a drying grip. Now to three years. 91/100. Food: Grilled lamb.

CAMPBELL MATTINSON, www.winefront.com.au
3 November 2009

This Toolangi Estate pinot noir was grown at Dixon’s Creek in the Yarra Valley, and was made at Yering Station. There’s a touch of brown to the colour, but you’d never know it to smell and taste.

Smells of mulch and dark cherries and spice. Good amount of complexity here. It continues the tune in the mouth, though the furry, velvety, assertive tannins are the main aspect to concentrate on here. This should develop nicely over the next few years. Undergrowthy notes too. Very modestly oaked. Tasty finish. A very good release from Toolangi.

Rated: 92+ points
Alcohol: 14%
Closure: Screwcap
Drink: 2010-2014

GARY WALSH, www.winefront.com.au
5 November 2009

Yeah I agree. Real interest (and potential) here.
93+ from me.