Description
Since acquiring the vineyard in 2011, Martin Shaw and Michael Hill Smith have invested heavily in improving all aspects of the vineyard, including soil improvement, conversion to cane pruning, trellis modifications, frost protection and clonal improvements.
They are fully committed to seeing it recognised as one of Australia’s great single vineyard sites.
Tolpuddle Pinot Noir 2020 vintage is true to the Tolpuddle Vineyard Pinot Noir style: intensely aromatic, medium bodied with savoury spice notes, along with purity of varietal expression, fresh acidity and ripe tannins.
Yes.
Lovely pinot noir.
Beautiful.
Inherently complex but juicy and floral.
Laced with bunchy, smoky, undergrowth-y herb notes.
Rippled with cranberry, strawberry, rhubarb and red cherry fruit.
Nothing too dark or brooding but nor is it light or tart.
It has will-develop-gorgeously written all over it.
The tannin is fine too, dusty almost, spice-drenched, complex in itself.
Dust.
I kept coming back to that word.
It’s perfumed and dusty and everything in between.
There’s a herbal bitterness picking out the aftertaste.
It’s that kind of wine.
Savoury, herbal, nuance-y.
– Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front, 94 Points The Finer Details Style – Red Wine Varietal – Pinot Noir Country – Australia Region – Coal River, Tasmania Vintage – 2020 Bottle Size – 750ml ABV – 13%
