Rowlee Single Vineyard Pinot Noir 2022
- 93
- $35
- Drink by: 2023-2026
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Eye catching from the first glance of that iridescent, deep cherry pink colour. Brings an immediacy to the glass, fragrant and fresh. The power of the fruit stands tall. Cherry, cranberry, raspberry mix with attractive violet florals and cinnamon bark. Moves into second gear on the palate exploring tastes of the soil, earthiness and bracken mingling with the spice and cherry berry red fruits. A lick of vanillin oak makes its appearance and, with it, some nice warm and textural notes. All up, quite a stylish Pinot. The biggest red grape planted in the Orange region is Shiraz followed by Cabernet Sauvignon, but let’s also hear it for Pinot Noir.
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.
