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Tag: Tapanappa ‘Definitus’ 2021 Pinot Noir

“An utterly gorgeous pinot with an exciting future.” – Ken Gargett | Ocean Magazine – Tapanappa Foggy Hill ‘Definitus’ Pinot Noir 2021

Author: Ken Gargett
Source: Ocean Magazine
Date: May 2024

Brian Croser’s flagship pinot noir comes from just 10 rows of Dijon clones – 777 and 115 – planted in the Foggy Hill Vineyard on the Fleurieu Peninsula. The name might sound a bit like a spell from Harry Potter, …

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Silver – The Global Pinot Noir Masters 2024 | Foggy Hill Vineyard “DEFINITUS” Pinot Noir 2021

Author: The Global Pinot Noir Master 2024
Source: The Drink Business
Date: Mar 2024

“A burst of flavour” – 95 Points | Stuart Robinson | The Vinsomniac – Tapanappa Foggy Hill ‘Definitus’ Pinot Noir 2021

Author: Stuart Robinson
Source: The Vinsomniac
Date: Feb 2024

On the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the establishment of the Foggy Hill vineyard, winemaker Brian Croser – accompanied by wife Ann – embarked on a series of tasting and dinners to celebrate this milestone.

Whilst the Definitus wasn’t …

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“Filigreed tannins and a diaphanous weave of freshness and pungency”- 93 Points | Ned Goodwin MW | JamesSuckling.com – Tapanappa Foggy Hill ‘Definitus’ Pinot Noir 2021

Author: Ned Goodwin MW
Source: JamesSuckling.com
Date: Jan 2024

Sassafras, bing cherry, licorice root and orange balm. Filigreed tannins and a diaphanous weave of freshness and pungency, with a moreish core of porcini dashi. Yet the end result is a lighter weighted pinot in an Australian context. Refreshing enough, …

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“A sophisticated style”- 94 Points | Angus Hughson | Wine Pilot – Tapanappa Foggy Hill ‘Definitus’ Pinot Noir 2021

Author: Angus Hughson
Source: Wine Pilot
Date: Jan 2024

This expressive wine displays impressive purity of fruit with excellent volume of dark cherry, dried herbs and terracotta aromas which are still tightly coiled and building. Quite structural in style with flavours of red earth and ironstone topped by a …

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“Light bodied yet powerful and intense with excellent concentration”- 96 Points | Ray Jordan | Wine Pilot – Tapanappa ‘Definitus’ Pinot Noir 2021

Author: Ray Jordan
Source: Wine Pilot
Date: Nov 2023

This patch of Dijon clones sits in shallow soils on an ironstone ridge that generally means lower crops and earlier ripening. A combination of chalky limestone with an ever so slightly ferruginous character seems to come straight from the soils …

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“An utterly gorgeous Pinot with an exciting future.”- 95 Points | Ken Gargett | Wine Pilot – Tapanappa ‘Definitus’ Pinot Noir 2021

Author: Ken Gargett
Source: Wine Pilot
Date: Nov 2023

Brian Croser’s flagship Pinot Noir, comes from just ten rows of Dijon clones, 777 and 115, planted in the Foggy Hill Vineyard on the Fleurieu Peninsula. The name might sound a bit like a spell from Harry Potter (who among

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“With layers of fine tannin and a great sense of restrained power.” | Max Allen | Australian Financial Review – Tapanappa Definitus Pinot Noir 2021

Author: Max Allen
Source: Australian Financial Review
Date: Nov 2023

A quite different beast to the ’22 pinot noir: more subtle, refined fragrance, less fruity, more structural, with layers of fine tannin and a great sense of restrained power.…

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‘Sublime conditions’: how La Nina paid off for a top Aussie wine label by Max Allen

Author: Max Allen
Source: Financial Review
Date: Nov 2023

Two decades after embarking on a passion project atop a foggy hill, Brian Croser is pouring wines that show the benefits of cooler vintages. From the upcoming Young Rich issue, out on October 27.

Max Allen Drinks columnist

I first …

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96 GOLD |Campbell Mattinson | Halliday Wine Companion – Tapanappa Definitus Pinot Noir 2021

Author: Campbell Mattinson
Source: Halliday Wine Companion
Date: Nov 2023

This is an outstanding release. The combination of attractive strawberry and spice characters with firm tannins and exceptional length is enough to get any pinot lover’s heart racing. The flavours here really do soar on and on. Assertive tannin feels totally uncompromised, …

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Lovely vinosity, complexity and mineral length.| 95 points | Andrew Caillard MW | The Vintage Journal – Tapanappa Definitus Pinot Noir 2022

Author: Andrew Caillard MW
Source: The Vintage Journal
Date: Oct 2023

Medium deep colour. Perfumed strawberry pastille hint chinotto aromas with savoury notes. Well concentrated strawberry pastille, cola, touch apricot flavours and supple textures. Finishes slinky and long. Lovely vinosity, complexity and mineral length.

95 points

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