2019 La Maison Pinot Noir

colour

Light crimson with ruby hues.

aroma

Brooding dark cherry and plum aromas evolve in the glass, ultimately revealing a lifted, sweet perfume of redcurrant, raspberry, dried thyme and subtle oak spice.

palate

Richly layered dark fruits provide a dense core with earthy undertones, Christmas cake and sweet tea driving vibrancy and length. A beautifully structured wine showing both power and finesse. 

cellaring

Will reward careful cellaring of 7 to 10 years from vintage. 

winemaking

Produced from the close-planted (8,300 vines per hectare) vines on the Lowestoft estate, planted in 1986. The fruit was hand-picked and matured in large-format French oak (35% new) for ten months.

region

Tasmania 

variety

Pinot Noir

analysis

• Alcohol: 14.50%
• Acidity (TA): 5.8 g/L
• pH: 3.50

Ray Jordan, The West Australian 2022

This is the initial release of La Maison from this single vineyard site near Hobart. Combines all the best elements of great pinot – elegance, precision, subtle finesse and a fine acidity. On the nose, plum and raspberry notes with darker cherry notes emerge. The palate is super intense with a deep, concentrated core. Yet it delivers with so much of that pinot finesse. Richly layered dark fruits provide a dense core with earthy undertones, Christmas cake and a tea-like character bring life and length (best drinking: Now to 2035). 

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Winestate 2021

Huon Hooke, The Real Review

Deep-ish red-purple, a bright youthful colour, the bouquet showing dominant whole-bunch stalky and earthy, dusty, root-vegetable aromas, while the wine is very intense and concentrated on the tongue, with quite a strong contribution from oak and impressive penetration, the finish lingering on and on. There's a touch of bitterness and astringency from the tannins but the wine is young and will reward a little cellar time.

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