2021 Scorpo Old Cherry Orchard 10K Pinot Noir, Mornington Peninsula

This is up there as one of the finest pinots from the peninsula this vintage. It’s beautiful and stately at the same time. Deep flavours of cherries and pips, blood orange and Angostura bitters, mint and spicy oak just mingling in the background. Persuasive tannins, textural and lithe join up with refreshing acidity to ensure the finish is long and satisfying. Yep, a humdinger.

97 points Special Value Jane Faulkner winecompanion.com.au

The fruit for this wine is grown on the iron-rich soils of Paul Scorpo’s high-density Pinot Noir block (the Old Cherry Orchard!) planted to Abel clone at a density of 10,000 vines per hectare.