Kooyong Single Vineyard Block Haven Pinot Noir 2020
- 95
- $75
- Drink by: 2022-2026
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Love the name! Haven vineyard is named after the most sheltered of Kooyong’s sites, that is, away from the Mornington Peninsula’s often harsh winds. Sourced off 24-year-old vines, it celebrates the fruit (no whole bunches here) and, as such, is allowed full fruit expression with an aromatic intensity and brightness of red berries, earth, leafy herbs and woody spices. It is so engaging before you get to even taste the wine. The palate has real depth and generosity in warm, textural tones as the wine just glides over the tongue. And there is persistence towards the finish with some well-crafted tannins leading the way. This is all about the purity of fruit with some classy winemaking on show.
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.
