Pinot Noir

Pemberton

Pinot Noir

Pinot has been a keen focus for Below & Above from the outset, with a lot of time and energy spent on bringing the vineyard to the level they want. It’s starting to pay big dividends. This is a classically constructed pinot noir with the warm velvety flesh wrapped around the firm structural core. Truffle and cherry notes on the...

Manjimup

Pinot Noir

This is the finest pinot yet released by Vic Peos. It moves the excellent Four Kings from this vintage into another level of complexity and power. This shows more black cherry into dark plum nuances with a spicy and more truffly character edging in. The palate is sublimely structured – smooth and velvety yet with structure and underlying power that...

Manjimup

Pinot Noir

Manjimup excelled in this terrific vintage, producing one of the best yet under this label. The aromas burst open to reveal an exotic strawberry and spicy combination with a subtle underlying savoury field mushroom depth. There is structure in the palate with chalky tannins and fine-grained oak supporting that fleshy fruit intensity. Classy wine, this.

Pemberton

Pinot Noir

Smooth, effortless, stylish and seamless. There just some of the obvious observations in this excellent pinot noir. Opens with a burst of cherry and sweet raspberry cut with a little spice and slightly edgier cranberry juice. The palate is light bodied but with a firm structural core supporting the fine and quite pretty fruit. Persistent and focussed through to the...

Great Southern

Pinot Noir

One of the very best wines yet from Castelli, showcasing fruit from the Denmark vineyard. This gets a bit of hands-on treatment, with hand picking, whole bunch fermentation and a little carbonic maceration before barrel fermentation. It brings the wine to life with an energy and drive. It’s medium bodied and within that controlled framework there is power and a...

Great Southern

Pinot Noir

A thoroughly brilliant and bright pinot from Castelli’s home block near Denmark. The aromas are pure joy with notes of cherry and spicy strawberry. A subtle earthy nuance adds to the complex opening. Then the light to medium bodied palate captures so much of the ethereal fruit characters of the variety in this season. Minerally and slightly chalky tannins with...

Pemberton

Pinot Noir

So, here’s the thing. The ’20 Tete was the wine Bill Pannell was waiting for most of his life. It was a wonderful wine. But the ’21 comes along and delivers a wine of equal class and refinement, but in a slightly prettier more seductive and alluring form, a product of this cooler year. Complex weave of aromas with a...

Western Australia

Pinot Noir

This pinot is sourced from Albany and is quite different from the Manjimup version. It might get down to a personal preference, although both are good. The colour is pale and the aromas show slightly more pure fruit characters with the reds fruits merging with blue fruits. The palate is supple with a friendly mouthfeel supported by fine silky tannins...

Manjimup

Pinot Noir

Manjimup is the source for this really nice pinot from an excellent year. The colour is pale crimson which is often the case with pinot. The aromas reveal notes of cherry and light raspberry with a liberal sprinkling of spices. Then the palate. It’s light bodied but has good intensity with slightly mushroomy earthy characters working with the primary red...

Great Southern

Pinot Noir

Comes from the Misery Hill vineyard in the Porongurup. Has a dominant savoury character that pervades through the nose and the palate. It’s medium bodied with excellent depth and persistence. Strikes an excellent oak and fruit balance with the fine chalky tannins doing their thing. Hard to beat for a pinot selling for less than $40.

Pemberton

Pinot Noir

A wine made with a largely keep-yer-mitts-off approach in the winery. It’s from the excellent Channybearup vineyard in Pemberton and made with minimal intervention. I think Cherubino just wanted to see where things would go. Well, they’ve gone pretty well. Slightly gamey mushroomy aromas with a subtle cherry note. The palate is light yet intense with excellent fruit concentration delivered...

Mount Barker

Pinot Noir

This is a deliciously appealing pinot noir off the Langton Vineyard near Mount Barker. Deep aromas of dark cherry and strawberry open. The palate is so plush and generous with supple red fruit flavours supported by lightly sinewy tannins and a little oak. It’s silky but deceptive as the palate builds in intensity to a sustained purposeful finish.

Pemberton

Pinot Noir

Kosovich sources this from down at Pemberton where the guys planted a vineyard years ago. This is an excellent example of what they are doing. Aromas of bright red fruit showing a raspberry and light cherry combination. Bright crimson colour leads into a light bodied palate. But this has the firm core of serious pinot, a crisp fine acidity and...

Mount Barker

Pinot Noir

Such a pretty, yet powerful statement of Mount Barker pinot. It is clearly as good as any yet from 3 Drops, with the season providing the ideal base for its creation. Aromas of dark cherry and a perfumed strawberry nuance with an array of spices adding allure. The palate captures the variety. There is a soft plushness here, yet there...

Margaret River

Pinot Noir

A slightly firmer style of pinot as you might expect from this vintage. Yet it retains a medium bodied elegance with a slightly savoury edge sitting comfortably with the ripe strawberry and cherry characters on the nose and palate. A thread of chalky tannins ensures its structural integrity while the oak is well managed. Nice savoury light earthy combination on...

Margaret River

Pinot Noir

There’s rose and there’s something like this. It comes from some quality pinot noir and is barrel fermented, which clearly introduces a degree of complexity and importantly, palate texture. Nice strawberry and cherry characters emerge on the nose, while the palate delivers to a long finish. Light bodied and thoroughly delicious with a slight savoury dried herb finish appealing.

Tasmania

Pinot Noir

Fragrant and highly perfumed pinot sourced from Tasmania, marking the continuing transition to this cooler region of pinot. Early vintages were from the Adelaide Hills. It’s been Tassie for the past two or three years. Lovely lift of cherry and raspberry with fragrant strawberry nuances. Traces of dried herbs add further aromatic interest. The palate is light bodied but with...

Pemberton

Pinot Noir

Here is a wine that can proudly take WA sparkling wine to the world. It’s a pinot noir dominant blend with chardonnay that is aged for a minimum of five years before release. The fruit comes from vineyards in Pemberton, a region that is so well suited to sparkling wine. The aromas have a light flinty stone fruit and cereal...

Pemberton

Pinot Noir

A most interesting sparkling wine in the edgier Avant-Garde approach from Sittella. This comes from Pemberton and was aged in older oak for 10 months. It’s a small volume make and it’s looking pretty good. The aim is to achieve a form of Bollinger Grande Annee style texture which comes from the oxidative ageing on lees and after 10 months...

Pemberton

Pinot Noir

Sittella Azalee Eloise Berns Grand Vintage Rose 2019 ($60) This is 100% pinot noir with a pale onion skin copper colour. The colour comes with the addition of a still wine pinot noir. This is a quite beautiful wine showing characters of cherry and game with a little brioche and yeasty vegemite character. There is power here with a deep...

Pemberton

Pinot Noir

Another wonderful example of the Sittella house style. It’s a 60% pinot noir and 40% chardonnay with a reserve wine that goes back to 2012. The colour is bright yellow and golden. The aroma is lovely combination of lemon brioche with a subtle underpinning of game and meatiness. Beautifully fragrant and vibrant. Traces of cashew and marzipan. Gets a little...

Pemberton

Pinot Noir

A vibrant expression of Pemberton pinot noir displaying loads of bright red fruits. Cherry and strawberry notes dominate on the nose, providing an immediately appealing opening. The palate delivers with poise and power with the support of excellent fruit intensity and fine firmish tannins. Has an earthy mushroom complexity adding to the primary fruit flavours.

Mount Barker

Pinot Noir

This is a mighty impressive young pinot from this super pinot season. Really captures the subtlety of the variety but there is structure and driving intensity here delivered on a light to medium body. High energy red berry aromas with a little limestone and damp earthy complexity. Has a fine defining acidity which carries through to the long finish. Will...

Mount Barker

Pinot Noir

Sourced from early picked pinot noir off the Mount Barker vineyard. The aromas display a mix of strawberry and cranberry with light citrus notes merge with orange zest. Textured palate based on malolactic fermentation and a minimum of 33 months on lees. It’s a drier style with a lingering persistent finish offering a raspberry coulis and dried biscuity character.

Great Southern

Pinot Noir

Gosh, this is such an enjoyable and approachable pinot. Bright fruit notes of strawberry and a little underlying sour cherry with subtle notes of mushroom and damp earth. Perfectly integrated palate with fine firmish tannins and neatly applied oak supporting the truly vibrant fruit characters. There’s a delicacy yet there is structure and pose. Nice chalky tannins wrap things up...

Mount Barker

Pinot Noir

This is such a brilliant pinot with the structure, the prettiness and the palate feel you seek with this variety. Pretty it might be, but this has a tight structural core guiding it. The fragrances are all cherry and roses. The palate is deceptively powerful, almost belying its light colour. A tight thread of fine tannins weaves through supporting the...

Mount Barker

Pinot Noir

This is sourced from the excellent Mount Barrow vineyard in Mount Barker. It's the pinot that gets you into the journey, but it is a whole lot more than an entry level. The colour is quite light but vibrant and brilliant. The nose is intense with a whack of plum and cherry. On the palate the vibrant primary fruit is...

Great Southern

Pinot Noir

This vineyard was a great investment by Paul Nelson. It is starting to produce some really outstanding wines. This is certainly one of them. It was 20% whole bunch in fermentation and hand plunged. Had three weeks on skins and then basket pressed to a mix of new puncheons and older barriques. Has a beautiful talcy feel on the palate....

Mount Barker

Pinot Noir

This is a powerful wine with structure and finesse, fitting perfectly and snuggly into what we expect from pinot. It’s a combination of clones 777, 114 and 115 and there is around 20% whole bunch with 7 days cold soak. It’s largely indigenous years with a little late fermented seeding if necessary. This is a powerful wine with structure and...

Pemberton

Pinot Noir

Typically light bodied pinot from this excellent season. Aromas display a slightly savoury mushroom-like character with a soft cherry and subtle gamey character. A tightly controlled palate is held with fine oak and chalky tannins. Deceptive power drives through to the finish.

Pemberton

Pinot Noir

Made in good years and this was a very good year. Lots happening on the nose as a mix of lightly stewed fruit with a lift of gamey meats and cherry takes hold. The palate displays great complexity with a gamey, truffle subtlety merging with the primary cherry and plummy blackberry characters.

Porongurup

Pinot Noir

The source of this exceptional wine are the oldest vines on the estate, planted by Angelo and Wendy Diletti in 1986. It is as good as any pinot yet made from this super vineyard. Seamless structure and silky smooth with a velvety mouth feel. The aromas of strawberry and plum merge with a slightly spicy earthy mushroom-like nuance. Effortlessly long...

Porongurup

Pinot Noir

This is a completely engaging example of Porongurup pinot noir in the hands of a master winemaker. After the fruit was handpicked it underwent carbonic maceration with cold soaking. The old foot stomping technique was used before 10 months in oak. Seductive aromas of strawberry and darker plum with a savoury edge. The silky-smooth palate delivers a combination of power...

Porongurup

Pinot Noir

Opens with an exotic aroma of vibrant strawberry with slightly savoury nuances. It’s an engaging perfumed bouquet. The palate captures the season beautifully with a mix of sweet supple fruit with a dry savoury nuance supported by fine chalky tannins. Delivers a real burst of fruit intensity with the combination of 25% new oak and 16% whole bunch adding to...

Pemberton

Pinot Noir

A very pretty and delicious young pinot that offers immediate drinking appeal but has the structure and core to support further bottle development. Combination of chalky raspberry and slightly savoury mushroomy characters on the nose. The palate has a nice warm fleshy character, but then the taught core of fine tannins and well managed oak, of which 30% is new,...

Margaret River

Pinot Noir

A rise that sits right in the modern style wheelhouse. It’s from pinot and has a crisp savouriness that is perfect for summer drinking especially with light nibbles. Pale pink onion skin colour with a savoury textured palate held through to a tight long finish. Lovely perfumed strawberry and raspberry aromas.

Pemberton

Pinot Noir

Clearly the best pinot noir yet from Below & Above. The aromas are immediately compelling and complex with a sour cherry, dark plum and spicy combination working with some slightly truffle-like characters. The palate is plush and textured with a smooth integrated mouth feel. Layers of wild fruits tightened with a fine chalky tannin factor. Lots to like here.

Great Southern

Pinot Noir

One of the best pinots Wignalls have released in their decorated life. It combines the lifted perfumed aromatics with a firm core in the palate that provides a sturdy direction and poise. Aromas of dark cherry, spices and a trace of truffle oil. The palate though is a serious statement of this variety. The firm core of chalky tannin and...

Margaret River

Pinot Noir

The vintage was a bit of a balancing act for winemakers with some pesky rain, but for these later ripening varieties it worked out okay. It's a tidy medium bodied wine showing that pinot noir can work rather well in Margaret River. Has a spicy raspberry cherry aroma with a little vanilla bean. The decision not to use any new...

Great Southern

Pinot Noir

The nose bursts with a powerful hit of black cherry and slightly earthy truffle like characters. The palate is fleshy with more strawberry dominant flavours emerging. The oak is well judged and sits with the chalky tannins to cradle the palate through to a sustained finish of dark chocolate and subtle limestone.