Tapanappa Definitus Foggy Hill Vineyard Pinot Noir 2022

If Foggy Hill Vineyard is the essence of what Brian Croser calls a “Distinguished Site,” then Definitus drills down further to a “Distinguished Block.” Definitus – Latin for defined or precise – captures Adelaide Hills Pinot in lovely clarity. A cool, low crop vintage, 2022 has delivered lifted scents of wild strawberry, cherry, cranberry with leaf, truffle and earth.  As a three-year-old, Definitus is still very much forming and, with air, opens up beautifully with concentrated flavour and intensity. Classic lacy, fine flavours flourish, but there is an understated power lying at its core driven by fine, sinewy and lasting tannins. It has further aging very much on its mind.