Eldridge Pinot Noir 2024
- 95
- $80
- Drink by: 2025-2029
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From one of the oldest sites in the region, this is a mix of Bungrundy clones utilising destemming or whole bunch where Steve Flamsteed and Grace Jiranek see fit. Wild yeast and 20% new oak is used. A well of blackberries, wild strawberries and Christmas cherries. Oak spice models the fruit with nutmeg, cinnamon and dried orange zest, invoking holiday season and social cheer. There is a backdrop of juicy blue plums, providing ample meat and muscle. Tannins are super fine but alive and kicking, showing once again how Mornington Peninsula provides structure and finesse. You are in for a wine that could easily please most red wine drinkers here, served up in a balloon glass with some lamb ribs and rosemary and you’ll be a very happy camper. Drink now or pop away in the cool of your cellar for another 3-4 years.
Shanteh cut her teeth at Sydney’s Award-Winning Quay restaurant where she worked for over a decade and was Head Sommelier from 2018 till 2022. She has been nominated for the Good Food Guide Sommelier of the Year award on three occasions and claims that her experience as a Len Evans scholar as one of the highlights of her career. Shanteh hosts her own weekly podcast ‘Over A Glass’ with the Deep in the Weeds Network and spends her time writing for various publications and judging at numerous wine shows across the country.
