Kooyong Single Vineyard Block Ferrous Pinot Noir 2020
- 94
- $75
- Drink by: 2022-2026
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As the name implies, the soil for this particular vineyard block contains ironstone. It brings a powerful mineral ingredient and brisk drive to the wine. Fermented in large oak with a portion of whole bunches for perfume and structure, the Ferrous then spends another 14 months in French oak. This is similar winemaking to its Pinot siblings, but it seems to better integrate the oak and overall balance. Shows a degree of complexity, too, as it goes about releasing an array of deep-seated red berried fruit, earth and herbal scents with fine tannins playing a supporting role. Brings a touch of complexity and class as well as an individual personality to the glass.
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.
