2025 Pinot Noir
Sentio, Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia
- Mount Gambier Pinot Noir from the Coola Road Vineyard, on limestone near the ocean.
- Tiny 40 g bunches; 5 to 10% whole bunch, a short concrete ferment.
- Ten months in 660 L demi-muids and puncheons, then four on lees in tank.
- Site
- Coola Road Vineyard
- Region
- Mount Gambier, South Australia
- Soil
- Red volcanic soil over limestone
- Bunches
- Tiny, about 40 g, largely seedless berries
Winemaking
Five to ten percent whole bunches, with a short concrete ferment of three to four weeks. Aged ten months in 660 L demi-muids and Hermitage puncheons, then four months on lees in tank.
Tasting Notes
Cherry and red fruit with sappy herbs, earth and high spice led by cardamom, and pepper from a portion of whole bunches. Silky tannins, a saline edge from the limestone, and real layering. Drink now to 2030.
Critics
- Halliday Wine Companion: 95 points (2024)
Distributed in Australia by Principal Wine.