Tolpuddle Pinot Noir Tasmania – 2022

Tolpuddle are one of the leading producers in Tasmania.

2022 was a very good vintage for their Pinot Noir. It was the coldest vintage in Tasmania for more than a decade. Cool conditions, especially around the time of flowering, resulted in a combination of low yields and high concentration of flavour. These cooler conditions persisted throughout the entire growing season, giving the wine great natural acidity, now synonymous with Tolpuddle Vineyard fruit.

The wine has complexity and power, balanced by pure fruit notes and cool season spices. It shows powerful fruit, with ripe red cherry, smoked meat, and olive notes, framed by fine but firm tannins. Great length of flavour.

The grapes were all hand-picked and fermented as a combination of whole berries and whole bunches, in open fermenters, with gentle pump-overs and plunging. The wine was aged in French oak for ten months, of which about one third was new.

“Impressively deep, rich purple-red colour, unusual in Australian pinot noir. The bouquet is loaded with black cherry, blackberry and spice aromas, a hint of smoky oak adding charcuterie and five spice nuances, while the palate is voluptuously full and rich,decadently flavoured, with luxurious flesh and fruit, abundant fine/soft tannins and terrific length. A totally convincing and thoroughly impressive Aussie pinot noir to compare with the best in the world.” 98/100 Huon Hooke, The Real Review.