Dalrymple Single Site Ouse Pinot Noir 2022
- 96
- $70
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Campfire ash and game meat brood in the glass on first smell, before fruit pushes through in the form of plum, ripe macerated strawberry, and dark cherry. There’s lovely lifted spice of nutmeg, cinnamon and white pepper in the mix with tilled earth emerging with air. This has savouriness at the fore, with the spice and smoky nuances making for excellent depth, complexity and interest around the fruit. The palate is equally dark in its tone, with ripe plum intermingling with nutmeg to start, followed by raspberry, cherry and forest floor. Good integrated and silky tannins here, working with bright acidity to draw everything long to an earthy, autumnal close. Lots going on here, and all in excellent balance. A great Pinot Noir.
Tom Kline is a wine writer, reviewer, presenter, and educator based in Victoria, Australia. He is the Australian correspondent for the internationally respected publications Jasper Morris Inside Burgundy and Jane Anson Inside Bordeaux, where he highlights the top tier of Australian wine for a global audience. Tom also writes for leading outlets including Decanter (UK), Wine Spectator (US), and Halliday Magazine, among others. An experienced wine show judge and WSET educator, he has authored several consumer-focused wine courses aimed at making wine more accessible and engaging. In 2023, Tom was awarded Best Published Feature Article or Wine Column at the prestigious Wine Communicator Awards, presented by Wine Communicators of Australia.
