2024 ‘RDJ’ Pinot Noir (Coal Valley)

$48.00

Winemaking:

From a single site in the Coal valley set on black cracking-clay soils - 25% whole bunch Pinot Noir - wild ferment with gentle daily pigeage - basket pressed to old oak barriques for 10 months elevage - minimal sulphur addition at bottling - 1500 bottles produced

Tasting:

This RDJ has all the Coal River qualities but with even more depth and drive than a lot of wines coming out of the region. That means blackberries on the palate alongside a cranberry-laced acidity and an almost raspy tannin that’s long and fine.

Winemaking:

From a single site in the Coal valley set on black cracking-clay soils - 25% whole bunch Pinot Noir - wild ferment with gentle daily pigeage - basket pressed to old oak barriques for 10 months elevage - minimal sulphur addition at bottling - 1500 bottles produced

Tasting:

This RDJ has all the Coal River qualities but with even more depth and drive than a lot of wines coming out of the region. That means blackberries on the palate alongside a cranberry-laced acidity and an almost raspy tannin that’s long and fine.

Sappy, succulent, red fruited, spicy, a touch gravelly, some earthiness, liquorice and aniseed seasoning, a suggestion of woodiness in clove and cardamom. The perfume and flavours are kindred. It slips along nicely in the palate, shy of medium weight, cosseted in a slick of graphite-laced tannin, stains the mouth gently and exits on those woody spices and a sprinkle of crushed rock. Even, balanced, refined, lovely. - Mike Bennie (The Wine Front)