The Lane Adelaide Hills Pinot Blanc 2023
- 90
- $35
- Drink by: 2024-2028
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Sourced from the Haigh family vineyard in the Adelaide Hills – yes, the famous chocolatiers – and, it must be said, they are more than capable grape growers! Pinot Blanc, a white mutation of Pinot Noir, can be quite floral and citrussy. This youngster fits the bill admirably with a lively, bouncing scent vibrant in citrus blossom, dried flowers, lantana, lychee, lemon and spiced apple. Shows its cool climate credentials upfront in clean, brisk acidity allied to a warm and generously spiced palate. Some additional exotic Asian spices immediately conjure up thoughts of Thai food.
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.
