Bellarine Estate Phil’s Pinot Noir 2022
- 90
- $40
- Drink by: 2023-2032
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Perfumed, pure and bunchy, there is no getting away from the imprint of the winemaker’s hand, or rather decision, to include 20% whole bunches during winemaking. The result is a distinctive and unapologetically herbal, stemmy-infused Pinot Noir. Thankfully, there is enough fruit concentration to match which leads to a complex whole. Black cherry, stewed plum, earthy undergrowth, herbals and vanilla-mocha aromas. The palate starts red fruited, building taut and edgy with rustic, savoury tannins and gaining in herbal intensity – nettle, sorrel, sage – as it threads its way to a distinctly cool climate firm finish.
Jeni Port is one of Australia’s top wine communicators. Based in Melbourne, Jeni created the first wine column in the (then) Sun News-Pictorial before moving over to The Age and becoming that paper’s longest-serving wine writer. Over the years she has written for most Australian wine magazines and these days calls WinePilot home. She is also a Tasting Panel member on the Halliday Wine Companion. She was named Wine Communicator of the Year and Legend of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival in 2014 and in 2018 Legend of the Vine. She is a founding board member of Australian Women In Wine and is the co-deputy chair of Australia’s Wine List of the Year Awards and China’s Wine List of the Year Awards.
