Enticing, varietal, floral and red currant fruit led bouquet. Flavours on the palate range from red cherry to cola, to red currant and raspberry. Tannins are in abundance, fine and carry signififcant texture; acidity offers a nice squeeze across the palate accentuating the core fruit flavours, youth and freshness. A wine that needs cellar time to meld together all the textures and flavours then develop some secondary components to reach its full potential. Best drinking likely from 2027 through 2037.

20% of the fruit went into fermentation as whole bunches, adding in the search for texture and complexity. Maturation was for a year and a half in French oak barrels, 18% new. A pale crimson hue, the nose exhibits a slightly savoury/near rustic style with red fruits, warm earth, aniseed, undergrowth, mushrooms, raspberries and cherries. The savouriness might prove divisive – some love that style but others not so much. If you do, this will be a Pinot for you. Well balanced with good focus and medium length, the finish is completed by appealingly silky tannins. A very fine West Aussie Pinot which will drink very well over the next five to eight years.