2017 Tolpuddle Vineyard, Pinot Noir, Coal River Valley, Tasmania, Australia
Critics reviews
Power is amplified like no other vintage, signalled by a significantly richer, fuller colour and striking aromas of ripe cherry, plum and earthy forest floor. Remembered for having a huge body on release, this wine still shows a lot of muscle, although the distinctive Tolpuddle acid profile suggests it still has a long life ahead in the cellar.
Drink 2022 - 2034
David Sly, Decanter.com (September 2022)
About this WINE
Tolpuddle Vineyard
It is not bold to say Tasmania produces incredible wine, maximising the cooler, sunny climate, and a great deal of expertise. Tolpuddle is a great proponent of Tasmania viticulture, producing world-class Chardonnay and Pinot Noir.
Tolpuddle Vineyard was established in 1988 before a later purchase by two titans of Australian winemaking (and cousins), Martin Shaw and Michael Hill Smith AM MW and takes its name from the Tolpuddle Martyrs: English convicts transported to Tasmania for forming an agricultural union. The leader of the Martyrs, George Loveless, served some of his sentence working on a property near Richmond, part of which is now Tolpuddle Vineyard.
First commercially released in 2013, Tolpuddle has gone from strength to strength and is now widely recognised as amongst the very best in Australia.
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Pinot Noir
Pinot Noir is probably the most frustrating, and at times infuriating, wine grape in the world. However when it is successful, it can produce some of the most sublime wines known to man. This thin-skinned grape which grows in small, tight bunches performs well on well-drained, deepish limestone based subsoils as are found on Burgundy's Côte d'Or.
Pinot Noir is more susceptible than other varieties to over cropping - concentration and varietal character disappear rapidly if yields are excessive and yields as little as 25hl/ha are the norm for some climats of the Côte d`Or.
Because of the thinness of the skins, Pinot Noir wines are lighter in colour, body and tannins. However the best wines have grip, complexity and an intensity of fruit seldom found in wine from other grapes. Young Pinot Noir can smell almost sweet, redolent with freshly crushed raspberries, cherries and redcurrants. When mature, the best wines develop a sensuous, silky mouth feel with the fruit flavours deepening and gamey "sous-bois" nuances emerging.
The best examples are still found in Burgundy, although Pinot Noir`s key role in Champagne should not be forgotten. It is grown throughout the world with notable success in the Carneros and Russian River Valley districts of California, and the Martinborough and Central Otago regions of New Zealand.
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Power is amplified like no other vintage, signalled by a significantly richer, fuller colour and striking aromas of ripe cherry, plum and earthy forest floor. Remembered for having a huge body on release, this wine still shows a lot of muscle, although the distinctive Tolpuddle acid profile suggests it still has a long life ahead in the cellar.
Drink 2022 - 2034
David Sly, Decanter.com (September 2022)
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