The Lane Provenance Pinot Blanc 2022

The Pinot Blanc grape – a genetic mutation of Pinot Noir – is gaining ground in Australian vineyards. It’s not a mainstream variety just yet, but it does offer respite in a changing climate; it holds its acid very well. This ’22 Pinot Blanc from the Adelaide Hills boasts a bright, alert personality. Don’t expect too much flavour, that’s not Pinot Blanc’s bag. Instead, you’ll enjoy a fineness, almost neutral, in delicate citrus, fresh cut apple with some floral citrus blossom notes and a light minerality. Acidity is a bit of a star, contributing a firm, tight grip on things but, note, there are no sharp edges. Some textural notes are developing on the middle palate bringing a little more give. Clean, restrained and delicious

Jeni Port

Wine critic at Winepilot

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.

Wine writer and critic