Small Wonder Block 3 Tasmanian Pinot Noir 2023
- 95
- $57
- Drink by: 2025-2030
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A shift up in gear and complexity here in Small Wonder’s Block 3 Pinot. It’s a herbal, rich and earthy expression of Pinot made with popular Dijon clones 114 and 115, which traditionally deliver a mix of dark fruit, aromatics and solid tannin structure. Good concentration of fruit here and it’s only going to unfurl and grow with more time in the bottle. Dark berries, plums, blue fruits, bayleaf, spice, earth and Aussie bush notes gather on a palate that is both seamless and nicely concentrated. Runs smooth with a layer of sinewy, lithe tannins bringing an extra touch of interest. Oak is well integrated. Impressive depth followed by freshness through the finish.
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.
