Ghostgum Southern Light Vineyard Pinot Noir 2023

Another wine from this cool and damp vintage, presenting a triumph in both excellent vineyard management and sympathetic winemaking. The wine comes from three blocks with different clones and varying treatments, including whole bunch and de-stemmed. The final wine spent about 10 months in French Oak Hogsheads, with about 20% new. The aromas are spicy, truffly, with slightly sour cherry nuances. The palate has a deeper forest floor truffle complexity working neatly with those sour cherry flavours. It’s a delicate, finely balanced wine, poised and precise, presenting well as a wine to drink in the shorter term. Further cellaring will bring new dimensions. An impressive wine.