2016 Portsea Estate Pinot Noir, Mornington Peninsula

The Portsea Estate vineyard is located on the century old Tintagel property overlooking Bass Strait at the very tip of Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula, in south east Australia. Its unique ‘terroir’ derives from extensive limestone deposits and a top soil of calcareous sand and humus collected over thousands of years.

The free draining, limestone rich soils provide ideal conditions for Pinot Noir and Chardonnay to thrive and have produced complex, layered wines of distinct character and minerality.

D2V4, MV6, 115 and G5V12 clones from a single estate vineyard, fermented with 15% whole bunches. Deep crimson-purple; this is a great success in a slightly difficult year. It has the depth, texture and structure of what will be a long lived pinot, its dark plum and black cherry fruit shot through with spices and high quality tannins. I wouldn't quarrel with anyone arguing it's good to go right now, but it's simply going to get even better.

97 points James Halliday winecompanion.com.au