2022 Handpicked Single Vineyard Highbow Hill Yarra Valley Pinot Noir

Supple and light yet expansive and powerful with a long silky finish.

Semi translucent red to dark red colour with black toned edges and a light red hue. Fragrant violet, red to dark cherry and strawberry scents are interwoven with brambly cedar, forest floor, rhubarb and spicy dried herb notes. Very supple and light in its flow, savoury red to dark cherry, strawberry and rhubarb fruits are layered across the palate. Expansive and possessing cashmere like tannins, notions of brambly vanillin cedar, dried herbs, forest floor and spice lend further nuance. Concludes long and silky.
Drink over the next 4-5 years.
Alc. 12.7%

Other Reviews….
A little more of that black dirt, autumn decay on the nose at first, yet give this a moment, and plenty of dried rose petals and native violet come out to play. Plenty of perfume as it opens with cooler fruited tones of blue cherries, plum pit, wet slate minerality and char-kissed. Tannins are silken, acidity is vibrant, and this lighter-framed Pinot slips through the mouth with style and surety. This wine is all about the phenolics and a cut-lip bloodiness. So fine and nimble, and seemingly seamless – just one long flow in the mouth. It’s polished and structured, supple and leaves an impression on the palate. However, it remains guarded. This needs a little more time, and I predict there is plenty more for this to say.
95 Points
Cassandra Charlick – WinePilot.com