Precious Little Pinot Noir 2024

You may not be surprised this wine contains some bunch but you might not expect the 30-40% inclusion. This is packed with rhubarb and Morello cherries. Fresh cranberries and Gala apple skin. A slice of sweet red peppers, stringy bark and tobacco pouch. The larger oak format is showing its brown spices which suit the red fruit spectrum. Some fernet bitterness and ground coffee, with a slinky acid line that keeps the wine juicy. The savoury quality of the Hills is also here with red earth and powdery tannins. Ideal with cajun and blackened chicken. Drink now or will continue to show those rust and turned leaf litter notes as it ages in the next 2-3 years.

Shanteh Wale

Contributor at Wine Companion

Shanteh cut her teeth at Sydney’s Award-Winning Quay restaurant where she worked for over a decade and was Head Sommelier from 2018 till 2022. She has been nominated for the Good Food Guide Sommelier of the Year award on three occasions and claims that her experience as a Len Evans scholar as one of the highlights of her career. Shanteh hosts her own weekly podcast ‘Over A Glass’ with the Deep in the Weeds Network and spends her time writing for various publications and judging at numerous wine shows across the country.

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