Patrick Mount Gambier Two Blocks Pinot Noir 2022
- 93
- $32
- Drink by: 2025-2028
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To the south of Coonawarra, we don’t often see Mount Gambier on a wine label, as it’s a quiet achiever living in the shadow of its famous sibling. Not far from the coast, its vineyards enjoy the benefits of the cool climate, allowing grapes such as Pinot Noir to shine. The Two Blocks Pinot is one of those wines, offering beautiful aromas of red cherry, black pepper and rhubarb, as well as some stemminess, and mushroom and earth from its time in bottle. The mouthfeel is delightful, both salty and umami, with faint but slightly chewy tannins. It should keep improving for a few more years yet.
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.
