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Bass Phillip Estate Pinot Noir 2012

  • Gary Walsh
    95 Points
Bass Phillip Estate Pinot Noir 2012
  • Gary Walsh
    95 Points
Bass Phillip Estate Pinot Noir 2012
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Bass Phillip Estate Pinot Noir 2012

SKU: BPEP201210 UCAU
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From one of Australia’s most revered Pinot Noir estates, founded in Gippsland in 1979 by Phillip Jones, Crown Prince carries the DNA of a winery that helped establish Australian Pinot on the world stage through uncompromising, Burgundy-inspired craftsmanship.

A perfect introduction to the legendary Bass Phillip style, delivering the finesse, purity and cool-climate character that have made the winery a favourite among Pinot lovers, without needing to trade up to the estate’s flagship wines.

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Tasting Notes

Bass Phillip Estate Pinot Noir 2012 exemplifies the finest expression of Australian Pinot Noir, crafted by one of Gippsland’s most prestigious wineries. Established in 1979 by Phillip Jones, Bass Phillip has played a pivotal role in defining the Australian Pinot Noir landscape through a style deeply inspired by the elegance and complexity of Burgundy. This 2012 vintage reflects the winery’s unwavering commitment to traditional Burgundy-inspired winemaking techniques combined with the distinctive cool-climate conditions of Gippsland.

The 2012 growing season in Gippsland featured a prolonged, cool climate that allowed the grapes to mature slowly, developing exceptional aromatic complexity and depth. The wine offers a refined balance of finesse and purity, showcasing vibrant red cherry and raspberry fruit flavors intertwined with subtle earthy undertones and a nuanced mineral finish. Its layered structure and silky tannins deliver a lingering, elegant finish that highlights the meticulous craftsmanship behind every bottle.

As a superb introduction to the legendary Bass Phillip style, this Pinot Noir captures the bright acidity and precise varietal expression that have made the estate a global benchmark for cool-climate Pinot Noir. It brings the signature traits of Bass Phillip’s flagship wines to the table, providing a sophisticated yet accessible experience without the premium price point. Sourced from a premium private cellar, each bottle maintains the exceptional quality and heritage synonymous with the Bass Phillip name.

This vintage stands as a testament to Bass Phillip’s legacy of elevating Australian Pinot Noir, blending the refined characteristics of Gippsland’s cool climate with a traditional Burgundy influence. A wine of exceptional elegance and complexity, the Estate Pinot Noir 2012 is an outstanding choice for those seeking an authentic and meticulously crafted representation of Australia’s premier Pinot Noir.

  • From one of Australia’s most revered Pinot Noir estates, founded in Gippsland in 1979 by Phillip Jones
  • Embodies uncompromising, Burgundy-inspired craftsmanship that helped establish Australian Pinot on the world stage
  • A perfect introduction to the legendary Bass Phillip style, delivering finesse, purity, and distinctive cool-climate character
  • Sourced from a premium private cellar ensuring superior quality and authenticity

Critic Scores

Pretty red fruits with a distinctly spicy earthy cast " lovely to smell. Light bodied, pretty typical BP style with a savoury edge, light sappiness, fine dusty tannin and a precise finish. Structured, light on its feet and ever so tasty. Win win win.

Vinification & Cultivation

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Vineyard Cultivation

Bass Phillip was founded in 1979 by Phillip Jones at Leongatha South in the cool, high-rainfall hills of South Gippsland, Victoria. The Estate wine is drawn from the original close-planted vineyard, set at around 8,500 vines per hectare on north-easterly facing red clay loam, dry-grown and cropping at extremely low levels for intense, small-berried fruit. Farming is low-intervention and near-organic. The 2012 season was widely regarded as an excellent, even year across cool-climate Victoria, with a mild summer and dry autumn giving ripe fruit at moderate sugars; the resulting wine shows the pretty red fruit, savoury edge and light-footed structure typical of the Jones-era Estate style.

Vinification

Handpicked fruit was fermented in open stainless-steel fermenters using wild yeasts, with regular hand-plunging to extract colour and flavour gently. After fermentation the wine was gravity-racked to French oak, with a substantial proportion of new barrels as befits the Estate wine, for an extended maturation of well over a year. Malolactic fermentation completed naturally in barrel, and the wine was bottled without fining or filtration, building fine, dusty tannin and precision through prolonged lees contact.

About this Wine

Pinot Noir

A thin-skinned red grape known for its light body, red fruit character, and sensitivity to terroir, grown around the world.

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