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2018 Toolangi Pinot Noir
Yarra Valley, Victoria,
AUSTRALIA
$26. 99
Bottle
$323.88 Dozen
Cellar: Drink now - 5 Years (2020-2025)
ABV: 13.5%
Closure: Stelvin
Includes 50% whole bunches with maturation taking place in French oak (20% new) for a period of 8 months. Semi translucent dark red colour with black tinged edges and a light red hue. Meaty aromas of cherries and strawberries meld into forest floor, dried herbs and spice. Delicious ripe cherry and strawberry flavours fill the mouth giving it a supple feel. Spicy cedar, forest floor, subtle dried herbs and some meaty characters ensue. Lively, balanced acidity and velvety tannins with good power leading into a savoury aftertaste.
Drink over the next 4-5 years.
Alc. 13.5%
Other Reviews….
I’m bullish on Toolangi at the moment. This was grown on 17 year old vines and saw 50% whole bunches.
Get onto this. It’s an excellent wine at an excellent price. It has power and presence, fruit and spice, and it crackles long through the finish. Whole bunch influence here is clear but the fruit swaggers on through. I tasted this a few months ago and liked it; I tasted it again today and loved it. It’s a good trajectory. Beet, cherries, nuts and stemmy, smoky spices aplenty. It’s not the top wine in the Toolangi range but it acts as though it is. Drink 2019-2025.
93 points
Campbell Mattinson – The Wine Front
Drink over the next 4-5 years.
Alc. 13.5%
Other Reviews….
I’m bullish on Toolangi at the moment. This was grown on 17 year old vines and saw 50% whole bunches.
Get onto this. It’s an excellent wine at an excellent price. It has power and presence, fruit and spice, and it crackles long through the finish. Whole bunch influence here is clear but the fruit swaggers on through. I tasted this a few months ago and liked it; I tasted it again today and loved it. It’s a good trajectory. Beet, cherries, nuts and stemmy, smoky spices aplenty. It’s not the top wine in the Toolangi range but it acts as though it is. Drink 2019-2025.
93 points
Campbell Mattinson – The Wine Front