2018 Rockcliffe Third Reef Pinot Noir
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Tart cherry, Sous bois, and tomato leaf on the nose. The palate has dried red berry qualities, raspberry and strawberry, dried rose petals and spice elements of pepper, tar, cinnamon, clove. Complex with medium body. Read more
Critic Reviews
Bing cherry, anise a whiff of chinotto and a sensitive touch of creamy oak to chaperone the flavours along a resounding line of mineralic length and sheer juiciness. Far from prosaic and a little hot. Yet certainly delicious.
Tart cherry, Sous bois, and tomato leaf on the nose. The palate has dried red berry qualities, raspberry and strawberry, dried rose petals and spice elements of pepper, tar, cinnamon, clove. Complex with medium body.
Delectablely savoury nose or leather, tobacco, cured meats, pepper and plums. Palate is soft, and silky smooth. Very gentle, fine-grained tannins are absolutely seamlessly integrated, texturing the silk so nicely. There is a lot of pay attention to as the flavour evolves. Absolutely screaming for some duck.
Technical Attributes
- Producer: Rockcliffe
- Varietal: Pinot Noir
- Region: Great Southern
- Alcohol: 13.0%
- Net volume: 750ml
- Vintage: 2018
- Cellar until 2030
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Style GuideLight Intense
Tasting Notes
Displaying lifted aromas of violets and spice with subtle plum notes. The palate is full and textured with cherry and dark berries, supported by silky fine tannins which are sublimely integrated and lead to a long elegant finish.
Winemakers Note
The fruit was machine picked then destemmed/crushed into small open fermenters and inoculated. The fermenters were pumped over with aeration twice a day, temperature was held around 25°C, then allowed to warm up for a long post fermentation maceration. The wine was then transferred in barrel for its malo-lactic fermentation, allowing a soft integration of the grape and oak tannins. The wine was fined with egg whites then bottled after 10 months maturation.
Starting the season, good rain events produced strong growth, canopies and budburst flowing to excellent yields and creating one of the best vintages in a decade. Progressing to a long cool summer providing the slow steady ripening of fruit that gives us the intense flavour and acidity that we hope and dream for every vintage. All areas of the Great Southern were gifted this incredible season and all the Rockcliffe vineyards looking superb.
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