Stats
- Grapes: 100% Pinot Noir
- Vineyard: Single vineyard near Marble Hill in Kersbrook
- Vine Age: 18-years-old
- Soil Type: Weathered Schist with Sandy Loam
- Viticulture: Practicing organic
- Fermentation: Native – open-top stainless-steel (50% whole-cluster)
- Skin Contact: 10 days
- Aging: 7 months in second and third passage French barriques
- Alcohol: 13.5%
- pH: 3.44
- Total Acidity: 6.78 g/L
- Total SO2: 60 ppm
- Total Production: 2,200 cases
- UPC: 9342160000713
Tasting Note
Aromas of distant forests carried on a cool wind, freshly polished old boots readied for a country outing, menthol, mint and aniseed that help take the Pinot aromas to the higher moral ground. Cherried and berried fruits continue with hints of dried herbs. The palate has linear acidity that kicks and bites from the front to the back, but in the nicest possible way. The black and determined fruits and berries are firm and unforgiving initially but soften with elegant earthy flavors entering the mix. And it is a red wine that does command and compels you to think and drink. The acidity that balances the fruit makes for a soft swell and an even tide when the bottle’s end nears.
Press & Reviews
Halliday Wine Companion
91
"Natural, open fermentation, basket pressed, 50% whole bunches. Matured 9 months in French barriques (25% new). The toasty oak makes a sweet, spicy impression on this wine, bringing a coffee-ground savouriness to ripe, dark cherry and plum fruits. Elena Brooks reliably captures the essence of the grape and the region here with its fine-flowing tannins and dark chocolate, savoury corners."
- Jeni Port
- Jeni Port
The Wine Advocate
91
"The 2021 Pinot Noir from Adelaide Hills is bright, crunchy and a little tart in the mouth, with raspberry pip, poached rhubarb, crunchy red apples, red cherries and star anise. The wine has a good amount of density of flavor on the mid-palate, and it splays out through the finish, lingering and wisping through memory. Nicely done."
- Erin Larkin
- Erin Larkin