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Region: Macedon Ranges
Grapes: Pinot Noir
First Glance: Perfumed, Complex, Ethereal, Earthy
Acclaim: 95pts
The Wine:
Only one Pinot Noir from 2023 was produced. This was because when POCW sampled a blend of all the best parcels (including those that typically produce our Beyond the Forest cuvée), they simply worked best together. The result is a perfumed, complex, and structured Pinot that is also one of the most seductive Pinots POCW have produced.
There is a core of sweet fruit that belies the cool, late season and speaks more to low yields, but there is also plenty of Asian spice characters on the nose and palate, crystalline red fruit, high-toned florals (violet and rose) and driven finish with plenty of fine structure for aging. It is a gorgeous drink now if you give it plenty of air in a decanter, but it will certainly cellar well. Bottled in January 2025, whole bunches made up almost a third of the ferments (bringing a lot of perfume and spice), and the wine spent 21 months maturing in a range of Stockinger casks (228, 500, 600 and 1,000 litres) and some Wineglobe (glass fermenters), with only around 5% new oak.
The Review:
Mike Bennie, The Wine Front - 95pts
"A very good wine. Very. Fine, tight, tense, succulent, dark cherry, sour cherry, fennel, blood orange, white pepper, game meat – a lot on, you could keep listing detail but the idea is this is complex, compelling, with everything woven beautifully together. Fruit feels bright and sweet yet just on the cusp, and so fresh, the persistence of all that superb – a touch overtly fruity for those who seek that. An elegance but with a kink of funk and interest. The x-factor we seek. And the personality of place. Stellar"
