Riposte Sabre Pinot Noir 2023

This is the next step up from the team in their Pinotsphere, and while it is already drinking beautifully, putting this away in the cellar while drinking the current Dagger would work. Made from a range of clones which are all vinified discretely, the vineyards are located at Lenswood and Piccadilly in the Adelaide Hills. The individual components then spent time in French oak barrels, one quarter of them new, whereupon a barrel selection was made before the final blending. A very pale garnet hue, this is constructed in a more savoury style with hints of warm earth, florals, dry herbs, undergrowth and delicatessen meats. There is early complexity already evident and the wine is linear in structure with good focus, satiny tannins and bright acidity. Enjoy this over the next six to eight years.