Hesket Estate Pinot Noir 2023

$80.00

Old fashioned magenta blood red; earthy notes of beetroot accompanied by a clutch of red fruits: cranberry, raspberry and red cherry, spiced by notes of clove, cinnamon, ruby grapefruit zest and a peaty smoky oak presence shows through.

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Old fashioned magenta blood red; earthy notes of beetroot accompanied by a clutch of red fruits: cranberry, raspberry and red cherry, spiced by notes of clove, cinnamon, ruby grapefruit zest and a peaty smoky oak presence shows through. The palate is medium bodied, elegant and textural with fine grain tannins gently framing the red fruits. It has persistence, focus, roundness whilst maintaining a savoury finish. A delightful wine that is building in the bottle. In time the sous bois notes will emerge. Elegance and class on show here in this vintage.

The Real Review

 Crimson in the glass, with perfumed layers of raspberry, strawberry confit and lilac florals mingled with clove oak and sanguine notes, and interspersed with hints of dried orange peel and whole-bunch stem. There’s a juicy intensity to its light body, straddling the ethereal and the punchy, with savoury, fine-grained tannins and a Campari-like amaro bitter finish. Finely detailed and ageworthy 

95/100                                                                                                            Melissa Moore

 

 

Wine Companion

 Get out the good glasses, this wine deserves it. Brings a deep, essence-like quality to the glass in scents of aromatic rose and violet, rose hip, pressed flowers, black cherry, Damson plum and bramble with a flourish of dried herbs. Oozes finesse. Fills the palate with a deep concentration of beautifully ripe red fruits dressed artfully in spice, dried herbs and carried across the tongue in firm, fine tannins. Oak toast builds an extra layer of interest. The result is a wine of hidden power and great elegance.

96/100                                                                                                                        Jeni Port

Weight 1.2 kg
Dimensions 39.5 × 10.5 × 13.2 cm