Why you'll love this wine
As one of Australia's most exciting up and coming wine regions, Pemberton has become synonymous with high-quality, cool climate wines – particularly Pinot Noir.
The Smithbrook Pinot Noir is packed with juicy red berries and complemented by earthy notes of mushroom and forest floor, encompassing all the good things about complex and delicious Pinot Noir.
With spicy, silky tannins and an elegant cool climate acidity, this is an incredible value wine which will fast become your new favourite cool-climate Pinot Noir.
Tasting Notes
Colour
Bright red with medium intensity.
Aroma
This aromatically charged Pinot leaps from the glass displaying dark cherry, wild strawberry with underlying earthy savoury notes. The technique of whole bunch fermentation adds a gamey, stalky, complexity to the aroma.
Palate
The palate is medium-weighted with bright, jubey red fruits. These complex flavours are enhanced by a crisp zippy acid backbone, which promotes freshness.
Cellaring
Cellar for 3–5 years.
Technical
vintage
Vintage was unusually late in Pemberton, even after a hot and dry January and February. Whites showed flavour, texture and balance and the reds are as good (or perhaps even better) than we have ever made, with great colour, ripe flavours and soft tannins.
winemaking
The fruit was very carefully and selectively hand-picked and sorted, then destemmed into an open fermenter, including 20% whole bunches for complexity and texture. Following a short cold soak, before ferment kicked off, the wine was tasted daily and plunged as required for 14 days then matured for eight months in new (25%) and one-year-old French barriques.
Region
Pemberton
Variety
Pinot Noir
Analysis
- Alcohol: 14.5%
Awards
Southern Forests & Valleys Wine Show 2023
Reviews
Ray Jordan WA Wine Guide 2024
A vibrant expression of Pemberton pinot noir displaying loads of bright red fruits. Cherry and strawberry notes dominate on the nose, providing an immediately appealing opening. The palate delivers with poise and power with the support of excellent fruit intensity and fine firmish tannins. Has an earthy mushroom complexity adding to the primary fruit flavours.
91
