AUSTRALIA WIDE SHIPPING INCLUDED
Profile – Cherry. Plum. Mushroom. Bright. Fruity. Crunchy.
Vintage Notes – 2023 was a very cool vintage with intermittent rainfall, prolonging the ripening period, enabling good fruit flavor development without high sugars. The Longview team worked very hard in the vineyard ensuring good airflow and bunch positioning to help ripen evenly. Most varietals were harvested much later than most years however this ensured fruit flavour and balance. Whilst the yield was down across the board, 2023 will be remembered as an excellent vintage which should age magnificently.
Vineyard & Winemaking Notes – The Pinot Noir sits on a south-eastern facing slope at high altitude. Our twin palm trees over look these vineyards. Fruit is hand harvested from two blocks planted to three clones (114, 145 and 777). Both blocks were spur pruned to low bud numbers and shoot thinned early followed by a bunch thin at veraison to remove variability and allow even ripening.
Handpicked fruit is chilled down in a cool room before processing, ensuring purity and flavour without oxidization. Fruit was harvested at the start of March, then crushed, chilled before ferment 100% underwent a cool ferment in stainless steel and then in old French oak puncheons for 6 months.
Awards/Reviews
Royal Melbourne Wine Show 2023 – Gold – “lovely crimson hue, savoury oak, rich , ripe red currant, svelte, silky tannin lovely weight grain, intensity of flavour Purple hue, black cherry, good balsamic tones, cocoa powdery tannin Vibrant hues, med ruby, Plush red cherry good weight of flavour and extract, fine tannin supplements and supportive, Plush style while showing restraint”
Ray Jordan – 92 Points
A deliciously appealing light bodied pinot displaying beautiful varietal characters on the nose and through the palate. Aromas of strawberry and raspberry with traces of mushroomy forest floor. The palate is light bodied yet textured with fine chalky tannins and neatly applied oak supporting the bright fruit intensity.
Ken Gargett – 93 Points
Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir and one of the better ones. Fermentation was in stainless steel and the wine then spent six months maturing in French oak. A trio of clones in use. The colour is a bright cherry red with ruby hues. The nose offers an intricate palette of spices, dried herbs, cherries, florals, violets and forest floor notes. The palate knows the pleasure of a fine structure, seductive texture and fine line of acidity with emerging notes of plums and fungal touches. Poise and finesse. Very good length and very fine tannins. Bright, terrific drinking over the next three to five years.
2024 Winewise Championship – Silver
