Dalrymple Tasmania Pinot Noir 2022
GOLD MEDAL GLOBAL PINOT NOIR MASTERS, 93 POINT RATED JAMES HALLIDAY & STEVE LESZCZYNSKI
- Gold Medal Global Pinot Noir Masters
- 93 Point Rated Dave Brookes Halliday Wine Companion
- 93 Point Rated Steve Leszczynski
- 92 Point Rated Huon Hooke The Real Review
Vintage: | 2022 |
Source/Region: | Tasmania |
Grape Variety: | Pinot Noir |
Cellaring: | Drink now or cellar up to 5 years |
Bottle Top: | Stelvin |
Alcohol Content: | 13.50 |
Standard Drinks: | 8.00 |
Rating: | 93 |
The aromas are quite refined; wild blackberries mingle with red summer fruits and herbal notes. Given ten minutes in the glass, these characters take on riper notes of blackberry and blackcurrant with edges of black tea and dried provincial herbs. The palate is firm and elegant with fine acidity. With time red cherry, cranberry and a hint of tamarillo build into the mid-palate. Peppered barbeque pork chops with sautéed apples in a cream brandy sauce, served on a bed of celeriac mash. Cashew cheese, red onion and wild mushroom galette. Also delicious with well-buttered and toasted hot cross buns.
A cold, wet winter provided the vines with ample soil moisture. In the north of the state early spring was cool, while late spring was unusually warm, still and dry, leading to a good set of berries during flowering. The southern vineyards were influenced by cool southerly weather which delayed flowering and resulted in uneven berry set and lower yields. Summer and autumn were mild in the north and slightly cooler in the south of the state. Each of the parcels were picked based on their merit. Fermentation started after two to three days and continued for four to five days, with five to twenty percent whole bunches, depending on site. The cap was plunged up to three times a day to extract colour and tannin from the skins. The wine was then pressed and settled before being placed into French oak barriques (20% new) for 9 months, where malolactic fermentation took place prior to filtration and bottling.
93 Point Rated - Dave Brookes Halliday Wine Companion
"Peter Caldwell has been churning out some cracking pinot noir under the Dalrymple label in recent times. Here is a pinot noir sourced from Pipers River, Coal River Valley and Ouse. Garnet in colour with a lovely sense of composition. Red and dark cherry and wild strawberry fruits, pomegranate, pressed wildflowers, Chinese barbecue shop, five-spice and earthen tones; pure and endearing with a sapid flow and brightly illuminated finish."
93 Point Rated - Steve Leszczynski
"No one loses with this in the glass. What an engaging and super tasty Pinot Noir we have here from Dalrymple. A blend of fruit from Pipers River, Coal River and Ouse, this is a wonderfully varietal wine. Red cherries, blackberry leaf and a lick of plum fold into autumnal things - tilled earth, undergrowth, dried leaves and twigs. Fine spices are pinned to the edges with a flash of blood orange late. It's a great wine to kick back with as the afternoon shadows get longer. Drink to five years."
92 Point Rated - Huon Hooke The Real Review
"Good depth of red-purple colour; sweet ripe black-cherry aromas, a subtle herbal/bunchy note, the palate intense and firm with a pleasant hint of grip in the tannins, and a harmonious finish. Wild berries galore: this is quite delicious, aromatic and detailed lighter bodied pinot noir."
Gold Medal
Global Pinot Noir Masters 2024
Award Winner
Australian Pinot Noir Challenge 2023
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