Domaine Simha, Beauregard Amphora Pinot Noir, Tasmania

6 Tasmania wineries Dec-19; 12/27/2018-1/2/2019 (Tasmania) : {screwcap, 12.5%, A$65} A late inclusion to contrast with the Lionhart fruit day wine. This comes from the flower day, by contrast. It’s certainly less fruity, with a really earthy quality, nutmeg, dark but mild strawberries. Just medium acid, and perhaps surprisingly lighter, softer, more airy on the palate that the fruit variant. Light body, spicy texture, with low/medium dusty tannins. Medium length finish, a bit on the front palate. For me, a …

4 Tasmania Wineries Jan-16; 1/2/2016-1/5/2016 (Coal Valley, Tasmania) : {screwcap, A$65, 12.5%} Beauregard and Lionheart are two sides of the same coin, being the same pinot grapes picked two days apart and handled identically in the winery (wild ferment in clay amphora). That said, the days were flower and fruit days respectively according to the biodynamic calendar, and the differences are marked. So I’ll post this note against both wines! To me, the flower wine is earthy, vaguely bacterial, and …