Picardy Tête de Cuvée pinot noir 2023

This is the best of the best from the Pannells and a wonderful testament to the endless pursuit of great pinot in Australia. In fact, great pinot anywhere. It's a wine that combines all the essential elements of pinot. It's elegant, it's refined, yet ultimately it is still powerful and defined. Red fruits and earthy characters on the nose, a little savouriness, and a touch of lifted florals. The palate is quite firm and still reasonably tight, but with that warm fleshiness around it, it's sustained through to a very long, purposeful finish. This wine just got better and better the longer it was opened, so there's a message there.