Long Gully Estate Pinot Noir 2021

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  • $38
  • Drink by: 2022-2027

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Bright crimson in colour, with a rather compelling nose, this single vineyard Pinot Noir from the Yarra Valley is quite brambly. Dry herbs, red fruits, animal skins, this is surprisingly complex for such a young wine and augurs well for its future. If there is new oak here, it has been kept to a minimum. The same applies to the use of whole bunches – everything is in ideal balance with a hint of bacon fat on the palate which is quite silky with soft tannins and good length. Like this a lot and it is undoubtedly a wine with potential. Five years on its ear.

Ken Gargett
Contributor at Winepilot

Ken was born and bred in Brisbane, Queensland. He had a non-trendy, perfectly happy childhood, in a family convinced alcohol meant instant condemnation to Hades. But a break fishing on the Great Barrier Reef, and some good wine, started a serious obsession that eventually took over. It did not stop Ken being chastised later for drinking Pol champagne, disgusted he’d drink anything made by a Cambodian dictator. Now, Ken mostly writes on wine, champagne and spirits for various newspapers, magazines and books, but is perhaps best known for his work in The Courier Mail. He also has a little sideline writing on cigars, fishing, travel and food. When not writing, fly-fishing for trout in NZ or bonefish on the flats of Cuba, travelling or smoking cigars, he is no doubt following a variety of sporting teams – the occasionally glorious Queensland Reds rugby, the dysfunctional Washington Redskins, the dodgy Arsenal and especially revels in the world restored to its proper axis with the return of the Ashes to their rightful home.

Wine writer and critic
Pilot
Ken Gargett
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Variety: Red Wine, Pinot Noir
Categories: Drinks, Australian Wines