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Windy Peak Pinot Noir 2010

Region
Victoria

Appearance
Medium red in colour with a purple hue.

Bouquet
Complex cherry like Pinot fruit aroma.

Palate
The palate shows good concentration of typical Pinot Noir characters. These include cherries and strawberries. There is underlying spicey characters which increase complexity.

Vintage Conditions
The 2009 – 2010 growing season saw our earliest budburst for sometime. Timely rainfall received in early summer gave the vineyard some relief from a dry winter & spring. Conditions for ripening of Pinot Noir were ideal with warm days & cool nights. Fruit was picked in optimal condition.

Winemaking
Fruit parcels are selected and picked to maximise fruit flavour. The fruit is both hand and machine harvested with a small percentage of the hand harvested used for whole bunch inclusion. A combination of winemaking techniques are used to produce a final blend with complexity and balance. These include cold maceration prior to fermentation, inclusion of whole bunches and warm fermentation 30˚C to 32˚C. The components remain separate until final blending. Minimal handling and filtration is adopted to preserve fruit flavour.

Wine Analysis
Alc/Vol: 13.0% v/v pH: 3.65 TA: 6.0g/L

Cellaring
This wine is made for early consumption and will mature well over the next 2-3 years in a good cellar.

Suggested Cuisine
Enjoy with pasta dishes

General Characteristics
Dry Medium Bodied

UK
"Made with fruit from the Yarra and King Valleys, this Australian pinot is good value for what it is: rounded, lots of strawberry and cherry fruit, chewy tannins."

Andrew Neather, London Evening Standard, January 2012

UK
New World take on Burgundian values - medium bodied with lots of juicy, cherry flavours without being Aussie "in-your-face". A good wine for a roast grouse or quail.

Terry Kirby, The I Paper, October 2011

91 Points
"Perpetually discounted, this is the most beguiling and varietal of the bargain Pinot Noir selection. Perfumed violets, rose petals and red cherries with properly structured tannins."

Tyson Stelzer, Australia's Wine Business Magazine - Wine 100, September 2011

"Deep crimson in colour with lingering fine tannins." BD

"Lifted oak characters and cherry on the palate." KK

Beth Dorrough and Kate Kriven, National Liquor News, August 2011

94 Points
"When Windy Peak pinot noir is on song it’s a candidate for The Perfect Light-Red Wine.This is a good Windy Peak pinot. It’s not profound and I wouldn’t really expect it to age, but as a young red quaffer it’s delicious. And velvety. And has a surprising amount of flavour persistence. It tastes of dry, bitter herbs and fleshy strawberries, red cherries and pine. It may even hold a bit of sappy, twiggy character too. It flows through the mouth nicely and has a chewy, textural element to the finish. Tremendously quaffable."

Campbell Mattinson, Wine Front, July 2011

USA
87 Points
"Pale ruby-purple in color, the 2010 Windy Peak Pinot Noir has a ripe red cherry and pomegranate nose with hints of cinnamon and violets. Medium bodied with a low to medium level of grainy tannins and good backbone of high acid, it has plenty of straightforward red berry flavor and a long finish. This is a well made Pinot at a bargain price. Consider drinking it now through 2013."

Lisa Perotti-Brown, eRobertParker, June 2011