Hamish and Kate Laurie continue a five generation winemaking tradition. Devoted to the high altitude sites of the Adelaide Hills and with Kate's French oenology training the wines they produce are at once traditional and contemporary. With a fiery passion to create premium bottle fermented and aged sparkling together with aromatic whites that can genuinely cellar, their signature style is focussed, textural, restrained and balanced.
At Deviation Road every sip reveals a little of this mystery; a taste of the terroir, a glimpse at the season, a hint of the science and a wink to the heritage that crafts its existence.
Savoury earthy characters which open up to cherry notes, nice herbal lift on the nose and silky subtle tannins giving length on the palate. This is an elegant, youthful style Pinot Noir.
The fruit is hand picked into small baskets and then undergoes a cold soak pre-ferment to enhance the extraction of colour and aromatics. After fermentation the skins are pressed out using traditional basket press and then the wine aged in French oak barriques for 10 months.
Savoury earthy characters which open up to cherry notes and sweet baked spice and silky subtle tannins giving length on the palate. This is an elegant, medium bodied pinot noir.