Description / Reviews
"All fruit was hand-picked and sorted before processing. With approximately 20% retained as whole bunches to bring additional perfume, spice and tannin to the finished wine. After 16 days on skins, the wine was pressed to stainless steel tanks for the completion of malolactic and primary fermentation. Once completed, the individual batches were transferred to 18% new French oak barriques. The wine matured in barrel for 18 months before being racked and blended in stainless steel in October 2024. Unfined, sterile filtered and bottled on 25th October 2024. A lifted bouquet of red fruits - strawberries, cherries and cranberries - sits alongside notes of rose petal, musk and quince. Beneath the primary fruit are the variety’s more complex nuances of earth, mushroom and subtle spice, complemented by light, toasty oak. The wine sits in the medium-bodied spectrum, showing generous strawberry and cherry fruit with a fine thread of plum and rhubarb. There is a lively line of acidity and firm but supple tannins that give balance and length. Subtle clove and cedar notes emerge on the finish, together with a touch of smoky oak. The overall impression is of brightness, poise and drive, without excess weight." - Moss Wood, Winemaker
"This is one of the finest pinot noirs yet from Moss Wood, delivering a wine of subtlety and power in equal measure. The vintage contributed vibrant colour, floral, cherry and raspberry aromatics, and a sublimely textured, finely integrated palate. Fine acidity and chalkiness complement the bright red fruits, capturing what pinot is all about. A terrific example of the variety and of Margaret River." - 97 Points, Ray Jordan
