-
94
/ 100
Gary Walsh -
95
/ 100
James Halliday's Wine Companion
Red
Classification
Pinot Noir
Variety
2022
Vintage
750ml (Bottle)
Bottle Size
Australia
Country
Tasmania, Tamar Valley
Region
12.5%
Alcohol %
Ready, but will Keep
Cellaring
Scores
94 / 100"Dark cherry, raspberry, distinct charcoal thing happening here, and while it’s a little overt and chunky as a young wine, the boisterous fruit and graphite tannin marks it out as a wine that should have an excellent future. Dried herb, nuts, cherry, and a ‘mineral’ inflection all make it seem like it’s waiting to make its mark. Give it a few years to roll out. Very good."
- Gary Walsh
95 / 100
"Pinot noir sourced from the Tamar Valley and made by winemaker Peter Dredge. Deeper and moodier than its southern sibling. There is a really cool reductive, struck flint character on the nose that hovers above the dark cherry and wild strawberry fruits here. Still airy and filigreed but with a serious stare and a touch of darker spice, amaro herbs, red flowers, dried citrus rind, shiitake broth and light game. The tannins are like powdered granite and there is oodles of mineral energy on the finish."
- James Halliday's Wine Companion
Tasting Notes
North is from the Tamar Valley (Stoney Rise Vineyard) on alluvial clay and gravel from the central highlands with the famous, iron rich volcanic dolerite. All whole berry, 25% whole bunch - natural yeast - no new oak. Warmer than the South, these wines are richer bolder and more voluptuous like Josef Holyman, the Tiny Winky of the Tamar.
Tasting Profile
- Light
- Full
- Low Tannin
- Tannic
- Sweet
- Dry
- Low Acidity
- High Acidity