2022 Stonier Pinot Noir, Mornington Peninsula

How lovely to taste this knowing Stonier is back on track with new owners who love the place and a winemaker, as in Justin Purser, keen to ensure a tradition of making distinctive, high-quality wines can now continue unabated. No better way than to start with a lovely pinot sourced from grower vineyards. Upfront cherries and pips, lightly spiced with blood orange and zest with wafts of forest floor and savoury oak. Sweet fruit, supple tannins and uplifting acidity glide across the palate. It tastes so good.

95 points Jane Faulkner winecompanion.com.au Jul 2023

Deep crimson with a ruby tinged hue. Complex and layered. Laden with spices, rhubarb and raspberry fruits and some roasted herbal notes. Rounded, but bright red fruits balanced with soft powdery tannins to give a long savoury finish. A Pinot Noir that will give a little more each time you open it over the next 3-4 years.