2022 By Farr Tout Pres Pinot Noir

A touch over 2.5 acres, the Tout Pres vineyard has three individual soil types across a three-sided cirque (an amphitheatre-like valley head) that rises above the other vineyards. Each slope consists of a soil type. The largest slope is black volcanic soil of limestone, the second is quartz gravel mixed with red ironstone soil and the third, an iron strand in grey sandy loam. Being the most densely planted vineyard on the estate the soils and intense competition force the vines to work hard, resulting in fruit that is lush but masculine and provides the coveted structure found only in the most age worthy wines. Tout Pres is fermented with 100% whole bunches and is matured in 100% new Allier French oak.

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Grown and made by the Farr Family at Bannockburn. The Tout Pres vineyard was planted in 2001 with 7300 vines per hectare. The wine sees 100% whole bunches.
This wine held me transfixed. It has all the spice in the world, more soil and beet characters than an agrarian kitchen, cherried flavours arranged in firm lines and in number, and a presence that is somehow more than its sum. This is firm. This wine has a cool power. It’s meaty, spicy, floral and more. But most importantly of all, drinking it is an affair to remember. Drink 2028 - 2035+.
96 points
Campbell Mattinson - The Wine Front