Brigitte & Gerhard Pittnauer Pinot Noir Reserve Baumgarten

NobleRottersSydney - Vintage Night 2008 (360 Bar & Dining, Sydney) : {screwcap, 13.52%} [Graeme] We don’t see a lot of Austrian pinot at the Rotters, so this is welcome, although with a decade’s aging on a wine not in world-wide demand, it’s clearly a gamble. In the end, no matter; trust the vigneron and his screwcap. This has an aging nose of pastrami, compost, rotting leaves. Not unpleasant though. Very earthy and natural. The palate is softly leathery, with rotting …