Vignerons Schmölzer & Brown Pinot Noir 2024
- 93
- $44
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This is a mix of Palmer and Brunnen fruit, all whole berry fermented with 10 to 15% new oak. It’s savoury, foresty, autumnal – a wine of beautiful balance and lingering, evocative length. Fragrant dark cherry, earth and nutmeg lead before giving way to subtle notes of pine needle, rhubarb and forest floor. With air, a deeper undergrowth character emerges, adding complexity. There’s a fine mineral thread laced with cherry, along with a hint of raspberry that lifts from the glass to fill out the fruit profile. On the palate, there’s wild raspberry and dark cherry that hover on the cusp of tartness, bringing energy. Light to medium-bodied, but with lovely texture. Tannins are ultra-fine and diaphanous, yet still manage to frame the wine with a gentle grip through the back palate along with surges of acidity driving a salivating finish. Delicious.
Tom Kline is a wine writer, reviewer, presenter, and educator based in Victoria, Australia. He is the Australian correspondent for the internationally respected publications Jasper Morris Inside Burgundy and Jane Anson Inside Bordeaux, where he highlights the top tier of Australian wine for a global audience. Tom also writes for leading outlets including Decanter (UK), Wine Spectator (US), and Halliday Magazine, among others. An experienced wine show judge and WSET educator, he has authored several consumer-focused wine courses aimed at making wine more accessible and engaging. In 2023, Tom was awarded Best Published Feature Article or Wine Column at the prestigious Wine Communicator Awards, presented by Wine Communicators of Australia.
