Shadowfax Wines Little Hampton Pinot Noir 2021 (6 Bottles) 95 Points Werribee

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Forest berries, particularly fresh picked blackberries, briar and rose perfume, mint and spice. It’s lively, a sappy and perky feel, the graphite tannin, undergrowth, almond, and a crisp cranberry finish of precision and length all contribute to its sense of latent potential. It’s a serious and very, very good wine.
95 points. Gary Walsh, The Wine Front

The fruit for Shadowfax Little Hampton Pinot Noir was handpicked on 4th April, then carefully sorted and destemmed with 100% whole berries going into small open fermenters. Natural fermentation occurred with daily hand plunging to extract fine tannins and flavour. After two weeks on skins the wine was pressed then racked into second use French hogsheads and puncheons where it rested and grew before being blended and filtered before bottling.

The aromatics are seductive and engaging. Floral violets and rose petal waft from the glass, bolstered by blueberry and cherry fruits. Further complexities reveal themselves, such as cardamom, cassis and sarsaparilla. Mineral aspects including gunpowder and graphite provide intrigue. Cherry sap and blueberry fruit fall immediately onto the palate. Complex notes of game meats, graphite and some white pepper spice chime in. A focused and mineral core has drive, vibrancy and poise. Fine and lacey tannins frame the complex cardamom spice and subtle fruits. – Al Timms, Shadowfax

 

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“At Shadowfax we want our vineyards to express their own unique characters and the wine grown there to talk to the one who’s drinking it, by telling its own story. The grapes grown must reflect the site, thus each vineyard site must be grown depending on its own requests. If you look, listen and taste (both grape, vine and soil) the vineyard will tell you its needs and wants.

Whether that be some foliage manipulation, fruit thinning or it may be screaming out for a little drink, we will act. We are not afraid of new ideas, experimentation, trials and tribulation, whilst having a ball doing so. We want the vineyard to do the talking using the wine glass as its stage.”

Alister Timms – Vineyard Manager

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