Pre-Release 2022 La Maison Pinot Noir

Please note wines will be shipped from mid-November.

colour

Bright, deep crimson.

aroma

Intensely perfumed dark cherry, black tea, dried sage and amaro aromas.

palate

Seductive red fruits envelope a tightly woven line of graphite and bergamot tea, with lingering dried herbs, orange peel, and cherry fruit. Elegant whole bunch tannin and oak spice linger on the palate, with vibrant acidity exuding class and poise.  

cellaring

Will reward careful cellaring of seven to ten years.

vintage

One of the coolest and wettest Octobers in history hampered flowering and reduced yields by 30-40%. A cooler ripening period produced wines with intense fruit concentration, slightly higher acidity, and greater elegance and finesse.

winemaking

Pristine pure Pinot Noir from the famed Lowestoft vineyard was hand-picked and fermented in 1T open top fermenters, with up to 100% whole bunch inclusion. Gently hand plunged as required throughout fermentation, with gentle pressing off skins to tank post ferment, followed by 10 months maturation in large format French oak (20% new) before careful blending and bottling with minimal additions.

region

Tasmania 

variety

Pinot Noir

analysis

• Alcohol: 14.0%
• pH: 3.51
• TA 5.60 g/L

Melbourne Royal Wine Awards 2023

Jimmy Watson Memorial Trophy for Most Outstanding Young Red
James Halliday Trophy for Best Pinot Noir
Consistency of Excellence

Royal Adelaide Wine Show 2023

Best Pinot Noir of Show Trophy

Australian Pinot Noir Challenge 2023

Tyson Stelzer, Wine Business Magazine 2024

The most sublime Australian Pinot Noir I have ever tasted. After I named the 2020 vintage of Pinot Noir of the Year in the Halliday Wine Companion, if it wasn't already clear that the old Pinot vines of the Lowestoft vineyard are among the finest in the country, the 2023 Jimmy Watson for the 2022 confirmed it. There is a resolute confidence to this site, intricately preserved by Liam McElhinney and his team. Deep black fruit complexity, lifted violet and rose petal perfume, evocative exotic spice, velvet-fine tannins and brilliant natural acidity. 

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