One of the warmest, earliest and dried vintages in living memory and just look at the result – amazing! Winemaker versus nature is always a delicate battle, but it looks like in ’25, the winemaker won the day, or that’s how it tastes. How else do you describe the full, expressive nature of the ’25 Pinot matched to a fine-edged, well structured frame? The florals arrive early, lavender, iris, rose, pressed flowers mingling with scents of cherry, plum, raspberry and herbs. It’s a pretty effortless move from the scent to the palate with plum and berry fruit flavours running deep amid a noted presence of florals with orange peel and background herbs and earth – just tantalising hints that add one more layer of complexity. Those firm, fine tannins add phenolic grip and together with a bright freshness of acidity, this young Pinot Noir truly shines and should do so for more time to come.
96 Points