2015 Montalto Pennon Hill Pinot Noir

The 2015 Montalto Pennon Hill Pinot Noir is a gorgeous silky amalgam of spicy cherry fruits. A long finish with soft toasty oak. Would go beautifully with a good steak and fries.

Montalto Pennon Hill Pinot Noir is consistently a big point scorer with Australia's top critics such as James Halliday. James Halliday wrote of the 2014 as a special value wine giving it 96 points.

John Mitchell and family established Montalto in 1998, but the core of the vineyard goes back to '86. The vineyard is planted to pinot noir,chardonnay,pinot gris,riesling,shiraz,tempranillo and sauvignon blanc. Intensive vineyard work opens up the canopy, with yields ranging between 3.7 and 6.1 tonnes per hectare. Wines are released in three ranges: the flagship Single Vineyard, Montalto and Pennon Hill. Montalto leases several vineyards that span the Peninsula, giving vastly greater diversity of pinot noir sources, and greater insurance against weather extremes. Author: James Halliday