2016 Hunter-Gatherer Vinters Pinot Noir

This recently won the trophy for the best Pinot Noir at the 2017 Macedon Ranges wine show and you can see why.

The wine is a blend of fruit sourced from the Estate Pipers Creek vineyard and a vineyard in Romsey. The blending of the two sites has resulted in a wine that benefits from the structure and concentration that comes from Pipers Creek and the more floral, rounded and spiced characters that are typically afforded to the wines of Romsey.

The nose opens up with dark cherry, rhubarb and sage, with oak adding some supportive spice that complements the fruit. This is a pinot that has fine bones, yet is deeply satisfying in terms of concentration and complexity. There is a baseline of tightly coiled dark berry fruits that are framed by fine but ever present tannin with a continued backdrop of spice and earth.

The length to finish is excellent, with the wine sure to continue to evolve over many years to come.