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Dalrymple Vineyards
Single Site Mt. Lord 2022

Estate Mt Lord Pinot Noir
Estate Mt Lord Pinot Noir

Dalrymple Vineyards
Single Site Mt. Lord 2022

Defying those who deemed it impossible, the Mt. Lord Vineyard site lies on a steep slope high up facing east, overlooking the Coal River Valley. The combination of low yielding, multi-clonal blocks and our small batch winemaking philosophy, using the finest of French oak barriques, challenge and excite us each harvest.
Item No. DALMLP223-BT
5 out of 5 Customer Rating
750mL Bottle
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Defying those who deemed it impossible, the Mt. Lord Vineyard site lies on a steep slope high up facing east, overlooking the Coal River Valley. The combination of low yielding, multi-clonal blocks and our small batch winemaking philosophy, using the finest of French oak barriques, challenge and excite us each harvest.
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The Details

Tasting Note Notes of blue florals and olive are immediate on opening. Aromas of liquorice and Doris plum with hints of Asian 5 spice and Tasmanian native bushes give a winter herb lift. There is a brooding nature to the aromatics with notes of flint and blueberry. Fine natural acidity and powdery tannins give restraint to the fruit profile of fresh plum, tamarillo, cured meats and truffle. The tension between natural acidity and fine red fruits give flavour through the palate and persist remarkably for a young wine. This gives way to an earthy texture, softening of red fruits, complexed with savoury, cocoa notes.
Best Enjoyed With Slow-cooked, herbed, spring lamb shoulder with tamarillo jelly, served with sautéed potatoes, roasted beets and winter greens; or mushroom and butternut risotto with fresh rocket and cherry tomato salad
Treatment The fruit was handpicked, a small amount of the bunches were placed directly into the fermenters with the balance being destemmed and placed on top for fermentation. A slow even fermentation with a couple of plunges and then pressed and placed into a blend of French oak barriques (30% new) for 10 months. Malolactic fermentation occurred in spring. Selected barrels were blended, bottled and cellared for 18 months before release.
Vintage 2022
Varietal Pinot Noir
Region Coal River Valley
Alcohol by Volume 14%
Winemaker Peter Caldwell
Cellaring Recommendations Complexity will build with careful cellaring for 3 - 5 years.
Pack Size Options 1 , 3

Accolades

A serious style of pinot
Medium-full ruby colour with the faintest reminder of purple in the extreme edge of the meniscus; the bouquet is mostly about woodsy/foresty dry underbrush with a stony mineral note, a hint of dried blood, somewhat reticent at this stage, while the palate is likewise a touch closed and firm, seemingly needing more time to open up. There is plenty of tannin and firm structure, making for a serious style of pinot. It looks to have potential to develop. In the interim, it provides satisfying structure that would cope with heartier poultry and lamb dishes. (It deserves a good splashy decant and a big bowl glass).
Huon Hooke

A wine of power, confidence and broodiness
Reticent to start with a dark, brooding and spicy profile. Spiced plum, olive tapenade, liquorice root, damp earth, cedar and subtle clove. Nutmeg and a gentle ferrous mineral note to follow. There’s complexity here, but it’s tightly wound and challenging you to draw it out. There’s some oak chew to the palate which is brooding and deep set much akin to the nose. Dark berries, plum, earth, and mocha are quickly wrapped up in firm powdery tannins and assertive acidity, drawing length to a cacao-laced finish. A wine of power, confidence and broodiness. The elements are there, but this wine needs time to integrate and settle before showing what it’s truly made of.
Tom Kline
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