Tasting Profile
March 2026
The nose is immediately generous, revealing dark cherry and ripe strawberry with subtle plum and raspberry. Brown spice and a gentle whole bunch nuance add aromatic lift, while a subtle note of Turkish delight brings a faint floral sweetness.
The palate is plush and enveloping, showing a pleasing density of red and blue fruits with depth and concentration. A light carbonic influence enhances brightness and fruit purity, while rounded, supple tannins provide seamless structure. The wine carries confidently across the palate, finishing long, smooth, and flavour-rich, with balance and modern appeal.
13.0% alc
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Reviews
The WineFront, April 2026
Campbell Mattinson
In drinkability terms this definitely kicks some goals. It’s varietal, it’s juicy, it has a bit of depth and it has a bit of undergrowth-y complexity too. All wins. It tastes of cherries red and black, pomegranate, peppercorns, violets, and sweet earth, with a drift of aromatic herbs in play too. Tannin finesses the finish just enough, and the aftertaste brings an extra linger of undergrowth. It feels authentic and indeed pure. I liked it from the first sip; it’s good to drink, is the take-home.
92 points
The Real Review, MAY 2026
Aaron Brasher
Bright, lively and youthful in the glass. Plenty of complexity here, dark cherry, spice, sap and dried flowers. Firm, red fruited, mouth-filling and with smart shape, grip and length. There’s a lot to like here in this youthful pinot noir.
91 points
JancisRobinson.com, MAY 2026
Tamlyn Currin
From a 40-ha estate vineyard planted in 1996 in Tuerong. North-facing, 100–120 m, on well-drained, sedimentary clay loams. Sustainable viticulture. Bright cherry fruit that slides glides across the spectrum from sour to sweet, yellow to dark red. Acidity is sharp, precise and plenteous, but ripe and saturated, a bit like sucking on a blood orange. Rose buds, hibiscus, rose hips. Slim and slinky. The tannins are less actors, more sound designers, creating atmosphere and pace in the invisible surround. A wine that has so much clarity that I feel like I’m tasting it after a thunderstorm, when everything is on brightness steroids.
17/20 points
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The Vintage
The Vineyard
The 2019 Kooyong Massale is a blend of Pinot Noir from our Tuerong and Balnarring vineyards. The fruit was fermented in open vats. Fermentation commenced spontaneously with ambient yeasts and lasted 15 to 18 days. The wine underwent indigenous malolactic fermentation. The maturation period was 10 months in French oak barriques and puncheons (5% new) and large format foudre. The wine was bottled without fining and with minimal filtration.