Description / Reviews
"A mild water stress was imposed on vines during the ripening period and it has endowed this wine with bright red-blue colour due to malvidin-3-0-glucoside,a pigment and antioxidant. The unusual feature of this PN is the high % of 777 clone from Burgundy. This clone does not do well in the warmer drier parts of Australia but, because of its low vigour, excels in the cool, humid locations like Lebrina/Pipers Brook and produces lifted red fruit perfumes (raspberry/strawberry). Harvested on a perfect “end of season” date of 29th March 2024. 100% French oak. “A bright ruby, elegant and poised red wine, with a slippery and full mouthfeel, mild tannins and roundness. Perfumes are red berry summer pudding and beautifully integrated oak. The palate finishes with blueberry and raspberry and mild, toasty oak. It fills out with aeration in the opened bottle and will dramatically flesh-out over next 12 months. For current drinking, but the tannin/acid framework will permit extended aging for 10 years. Pair with soft washed rind cheese, roast duck, mushroom risotto." - Andrew Pirie, Winemaker
"Deep ruby in the glass with aromas of dark cherry, wild strawberry and plum fruits cut with hints of game, sous bois, spice, shoyu, mushroom terrine, purple flowers and crushed rock. There's an appealing earthiness that underlies the fruit on the palate, a fine-boned minerality that drives the wine forward. Finishes with a composed flourish of chalk, spice and pure cherry and raspberry tones." - 94 Points, Dave Brookes, Halliday Wine Companion
