Riversdale Estate Pinot Noir 2022
- 90
- $50
- Drink by: 2023-2027
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An excellent introduction to Tassie Pinot Noir, if one is needed. Here we see the hallmarks of the state and the grape: the red cherry bright fruits, a touch of pomegranate, a splash of musk adds extra dimension followed by turned earth and dried herbs of rosemary and sage. The fruit is sweet-hearted, the tannins are gentle, the acidity is fresh and a little crunchy. Oak doesn’t speak too loudly but rest assured its place is assured, and the wine’s attractive light spiciness gives its presence away. The effect is lively, vivacious and well composed.
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.
