Tapanappa Definitus Foggy Hill Pinot Noir 2018
- 96
- $115
- Drink by: 2024-2033
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Sometimes, the early sell out of a wine is actually good news for drinkers. Take the Definitis ’21 Pinot Noir which quickly sold out leaving the door open for Tapanappa owner/ winemaker, Brian Croser, to dig deep into the cellar and re-release the 2018 Definitus. You’ve got to be happy with that. What a wine! So youthful, combining a brightness of personality with something extra – complexity, texture and a touch of savouriness that brings an added depth of flavour. Black cherry, plum, earth, forest floor and aniseed aromas. Displays an obvious rich, ripeness of flavour that comes from a warm vintage. It’s reflected in the overall texture and charm of the wine as it eases into a middle palate and layers of sweet, dark fruits, spice, earth, dried herbs, potting soil and undergrowth. Fine tannins play a part in this wine’s charm offensive. Definitus 2018 acts as an important reminder – if one was needed – that quality Australian Pinot Noir can age an absolute treat.
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.
