Looking for something to slot into the void between delicate rosé and red-blooded pinot? This enticingly elegant and light-bodied pinot noir fits the bill. It’s spicy, crunchy and loaded with red cherry and raspberry fruit, rose petal aromas and notes of pink pepper. Fine tannins, crunchy Tassie acidity and a long finish complete an enticing […]

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2011 has made for a spicy and structured Devil’s Corner, with restrained pink pepper, rhubarb, brambles and grippy tannins accented by taut acidity. It’s savoury and structural, yet accurate and appealing, with good persistence and medium-term potential. Great value at $12.50 at 1st Choice and Dan’s.

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An enticing cool vintage style pinot noir, at a great price. It delivers impressive poise of red cherry fruit layered with pink pepper, making for a vibrant, fresh and tangy style of finely textured tannins and lingering persistence. $15 at 1st Choice and Dan’s.

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Here’s great value in a pre-aged Tassie pinot noir from three estate vineyards. After three years, primary cherry/berry fruits are upheld, becoming savoury, with nuances of spice and brambles. Firm, fine tannins ensure plenty of life yet. $22 at Wine Cave and Dan’s.

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“I look forward to every vintage with glee as a new opportunity to experiment,” Steve Lubiana told me. 2011 was a cool, grey season in southern Tassie, but it didn’t rain nearly as much as everywhere else, resulting in the cleanest fruit for a few years at Stefano. The wine delivers all the purity and […]

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There’s crowd-pleasing appeal in this gently balanced and fruit-focused pinot noir. A soft and juicy profile of blueberry, mulberry and black cherry fruits is accented with notes of mixed spice, supported by finely structured tannins and a persistent finish. $25 at Corkscrew Cellars.

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With balance and fruit integrity, and the structure to age for the medium-term, Goaty is a vibrant and tangy pinot noir of accurate red cherry fruits, carrying impressive fruit line through a firm, finely structured tannin profile. $28 at Armadale Cellars.

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Well-defined berry/cherry fruit overlays an impressively structured backbone of firm, fine tannins, robust oak and tangy acidity. Every element is in balance, calling for considerable time to blossom to its finest. $30 at 1st Choice.

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From a single Meadowbank Derwent Valley vineyard planted in 1989, there’s early-drinking appeal in this graceful style of silky and supple tannins. A delightfully lively and fragrant bouquet of lifted rose bud and violet perfume is laced with all the exotic spice, fennel, star anise and sarsaparilla of well-handled whole bunches. The palate carries an […]

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The first in Dalrymple’s Discovery range is the fruit of a single acre vineyard, a beautifully expressive pinot noir of lifted fragrance of violets and rose hips, red cherry and raspberry split, nuanced with cherry kernel, dried herbs and bracken. A core of impressive fruit power in the palate finishes long with sour morello cherries. […]

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