2015 Pegasus Bay Prima Donna Pinot Noir

97 POINTS

Sam Kim - Wine Orbit

This is stunningly beautiful; the complex bouquet shows sweet cherry, dark plum, vanilla, hazelnut and smoked game characters. It is sumptuous on the palate with rich texture and flowing mouthfeel, offering awesome power as well as elegance, superbly complemented by velvety mouthfeel and polished tannins.

96 POINTS

James Suckling

Grand, majestic and complex pinot noir that has an expansive, entrancing style. Black and red cherries, plums, earthy notes, woody spices and a wealth of pot-pourri and forest-floor complexity. Deep, flavorsome dark fruit, long, succulent tannins and an expansive, rising finish. Superb! Good aging potential.

94 POINTS

Mike Bennie - The Wine Front

Medium weight, concentrated yet elegant pinot noir, though you can’t help like the slightly wild edge playing here. Savoury notes, herbal, earth, undergrowth are all getting around the sour cherry-fruit profile. Tannins pull the wine up well, the frisky acidity a pool of Campari-like tang to close. Compelling.

94 POINTS

Joe Czerwinski - Robert Parker Wine Advocate

One of the best vintages for this wine (maybe the best?), the 2015 Prima Donna Pinot Noir seamlessly marries dark, earthy, savory complexity with bright red fruit that hints at pie cherries, raspberries and cranberries. Sous-bois, humus and dried spices lead the way, later yielding to the bright fruit. Medium to full-bodied, it's round and supple in the mouth, then gains focus and length on the velvety-textured finish.

91 POINTS

Neal Martin - Vinous

The 2015 Prima Donna Pinot Noir has an attractive bouquet displaying much more precision and definition than the regular Pinot Noir and featuring red cherries, rose petals and a touch of violet. The palate is well balanced, offering gentle grip, quite edgy tannin, good weight in the mouth and an almost Morey-like finish. Very fine, but it needs a couple of years in bottle to smooth those edges.