Yes, Said The Seal Bellarine Pinot Noir 2019
- 91
- $42
- Drink by: 2020 - 2026
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A thoughtful Pinot Noir in that the winemaker has paid attention to what the wine needs because the delicacy of fruit could have easily been swamped by the winemaking.
Cherry-berry brightness, touch cinnamon spice. Concentrated goodness follows: red cherry, plum, cranberry, dried flowers and dried sage. Fruit out front, oak to the back. All in the now.
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.
