Main Ridge Estate Trueman Vineyard Pinot Noir 2025
- 95
- $75
- Drink by: 2026-2036
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The Trueman Vineyard is located in the Red Hill sub-region of the Mornington Peninsula, as is Main Ridge Estate itself, and we see a variety of clones in play. The team did not use any whole bunches in the fermentation, which was with native yeasts, before maturation for a year in French barriques, one-quarter of them new. 150 dozen made. Shimmering pale crimson in colour, with a light magenta rim, the nose exhibits notes of strawberries, spices, leaf litter, red fruits, a touch of animal flesh, raspberries and exemplary oak integration with hints of nutmeg and cinnamon. There is evidence of early complexity here, undoubtedly more to come, in this beautifully concentrated and elegant Pinot Noir. A wine of wonderful length which should provide pleasure for at least a decade, this is a cracking Mornington Peninsula Pinot.
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.
