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Region: Tasmania
Grapes: Pinot Noir
First Glance: Perfumed, Red Fruits, Concentrated, Spicy
Acclaim: 96pts
The Wine:
Cooinda Vale Vineyard was established in 1985 by Pooley’s founders, Margaret and Dennis Pooley. Sitting between 80-100m above sea level, the vineyard is tucked away in a nook of hills North of Campania making it much more protected from prevailing weather conditions.
The fruit was handpicked, and fermented mostly with 100% destemmed fruit, although 1 x 100% whole bunch ferment was utilised on the Abel clone, of which 15% was used in the final blend. Fermentation lasted 15-25 days with gentle extraction through modest pumping. The wine was matured from 11 months in French oak barriques, of which 30% were new.
Classic Cooinda Vale, elegant, poised and precise. Delightful aromas of cherry ripe and caraway precede soft raspberry jube and fennel on the palate, with orange citrus, grapefruit pith on the lingering finish.
The Review:
Gary Walsh, The Wine Front - 96pts
"This is just superb. It has perfume, ripe strawberry and cherry, shows a little creamy spicy oak at this early stage, though it’s good oak and it sits well within the wine. It’s plush, yet stony and fine, concentration of fruit is outstanding, and the mouth-feel is wonderful. It’s super long. It has some gently earthy character, and that fine ‘mineral’ acidity closing it out is so nice. This is an absolute banger"
