Pinot Noir
Vintage 2008
Bouquet: Intriguing sweet and sour perfume of tamarillo (tree tomato) and tamarind paste amongst black cherry and dense blueberry, with air a more lifted perfume of violets and smoky roasted beetroot and sun-dried tomato with balsamic notes and heady - amongst flinty gun smoke and granite in the background.
Palate: Lush and juicy mouth caressing palate saturates the senses with dark plum compote, sweet black cherry yet with vibrant, crunchy, zingy red fruit throughout the mouth heightened by tangy acidity with the piquancy pomegranate seed, savoury black olive flavours towards the back and fine, powdery tannins with wonderful length and tension.
Food Match: Duck, red meats, Game and ethereal enough to go with many Japanese dishes.
Wine Maker: Julian Alcorso, Winemaking Tasmania
Sugarloaf Ridge vineyard’s creator, Dr Simon Stanley.