Small Island Enso Coal River Pinot Noir 2025
- 95
- $80
- Drink by: 2026-2036
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A really impressive Pinot Noir from Tasmania, with a wonderfully exotic, perfumed aroma and a thoroughly exquisite, beautifully integrated palate. The nose lifts with fresh, ripe strawberries and a little raspberry nuance, with subtle spices and a slightly truffle-like influence. The palate is where this wine comes to life, displaying layered complexity on a medium-to-light body, with wonderful, persistent length a feature. Superbly crafted and integrated, with oak, fruit, and tannin balance nigh on perfect. A classy example of Tasmanian Pinot.
Ray Jordan has been writing about wine for more than 40 years. His first articles were published in the early issues of national wine magazine Winestate in the late 1970s when he worked in Sydney as a newspaper correspondent. From 1989 Ray wrote more than 3000 columns as a regular newspaper wine columnist. He currently writes a regular column for the special business publication Business News and is one of the main contributors to national wine platform Wine Pilot. In 2017 Ray co-authored The Way it Was – A History of The Early Days of the Margaret River Wine Industry and previously wrote Wine in the Blood: Australia’s Family Wine Estates, published in Mandarin and English. In 2011 Ray was awarded WA Wine Press Club Jack Mann Memorial Medal for his contribution to the WA wine industry. His love of wine is as strong as his love of the blues and tasting the thousands of wines that cross his bench each year allows him to indulge in both.
