Paracombe Plateau Pinot Noir 2022

  • 95
  • $47
  • Drink by: 2025-2030

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Takes its name from the ancient, 1.7 billion-year-old Paracombe Plateau which is high in altitude – 425 metres- and comprised of a complex set of soils which include ironstone and gravel. Composed, complex and seductive, this ’22 Pinot draws you in with the first sniff of black cherry, red plum, ripe mixed berries, herbs and the aromatic floral prettiness of rose petal, bergamot and pressed flowers. That mix of red berries, herbs and florals is beautifully integrated on the palate. Tannins are taut and bright and gently savoury, finishing dry with a smoky tobacco leaf finish. Shows plenty of class.

Jeni Port
Wine critic at Winepilot

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.

Wine writer and critic
Pilot
Jeni Port
Date
Variety: Red Wine, Pinot Noir
Categories: Drinks, Australian Wines