2016 Bellvale Pinot Noir and 2016 Myrtle Point Lightfoot & Sons Pinot Noir

All good Pinot Noirs are alike; each bad Pinot is bad in the same way too. Of the things you can rely on in life, like taxes and death (well, maybe not taxes if you are an immoral corporation), another is that a good Pinot Noir will come from Gippsland, Victoria. Of course, New Zealand and Tasmania, as well as the Yarra Valley, are sources of good PNs. The 2016 Bellvale Pinot Noir has jam in its perfume with a light, short, smooth palate of pepper and just a sense of sweetness, being a little chocolate-ly, and you might hallucinate caramel. The 2016 Myrtle Point Lightfoot & Sons Pinot Noir is a semi-opaque ruby red, with jam in its perfume and a smooth palate.