Riposte Adelaide Hills En Garde Pinot Noir 2025
- 92+
- $55
- Drink by: 2026-2034
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Coming from an excellent, dry vintage, the ‘En Garde’ packs a punch with flavour while still being modest with alcohol. It quickly reveals sour cherry, black cherry and violets, with violet prettiness and forest floor earthiness developing with some time in the glass. The fruit is bright and delicious, with a vibrancy in the mouth and weight on the palate that doesn’t immediately scream “Pinot”, but with food, there’s a certain delicacy on show. It’s still quite young but it has the bones to last for at least another 6-8 years and to develop nicely with careful cellaring.
Brendan is a Melbourne-based writer, filmmaker, playwright and composer. Since 2013, he has been published in national and regional Australian titles such as Halliday Magazine, Gourmet Traveller Wine, Grapegrower and Winemaker, Gippslandia, Gippsland Lifestyle, Yarra Valley and Ranges and Gippsland Country Life magazines. Brendan was a finalist for 2024 Wine Communicator Awards in the 'Best Published Feature Article or Wine Column' category. He has completed the WSET Level 3 course (gaining a Distinction) and has a passion for small producers of wine, beer and spirits. He is also the co-editor of 'I'm Not a Film Star: David Bowie as Actor' for Bloomsbury Academic.
