Stoney Rise Pinot Noir 2024
- 93
- $38
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Dusty dark cherry, clove-studded orange, plum, whispers of earth and forest floor, and ground nutmeg lead. With air, the earthy notes rise and become more prominent, and some delicate crushed violet florals enter the mix to add further allure. It doesn’t take long for the quality-to-price ratio to become clearly in the consumer’s favour. The palate is lifted and suave with lovely tension and elegant flow. Dark cherry and plum perfume sit above violets, clove, blood orange and gently turned earth. The acidity is a real feature here — it pierces through the finish like lightning — with a fine-but-firm sheath of powdery tannins adding frame. Good length and solid complexity. This is a very good offering at $38.
Tom Kline is a wine writer, reviewer, presenter, and educator based in Victoria, Australia. He is the Australian correspondent for the internationally respected publications Jasper Morris Inside Burgundy and Jane Anson Inside Bordeaux, where he highlights the top tier of Australian wine for a global audience. Tom also writes for leading outlets including Decanter (UK), Wine Spectator (US), and Halliday Magazine, among others. An experienced wine show judge and WSET educator, he has authored several consumer-focused wine courses aimed at making wine more accessible and engaging. In 2023, Tom was awarded Best Published Feature Article or Wine Column at the prestigious Wine Communicator Awards, presented by Wine Communicators of Australia.
