The Lane Vineyard Pinot Noir 2024

The 2024 season delivered a cool, even growing season according to the maker. The Pinot Noir of that season delivers a taste of the soil, of the land, of aromas filled in crushed herbs and leaf with cherry, cranberry and plum fruits. It’s got real red fruit intensity on the palate with spice, dusty cacao and anise joined by a distinctive savouriness best described as undergrowth, dusty beetroot and green leaf with crushed herbs. It’s quite a particular and lasting feature of the wine set against a background of chewy tannins. Calls for an accompaniment at the table, maybe mushroom risotto.