Winemaker is Rollo Crittenden takes hand harvested fruit, cold soaks it for 4 days before starting (natural) fermentation. Pressed off to new and used (two and three year old) French oak barrels for 9 months.

Crittenden, Peninsula, Pinot Noir, Mornington Peninsula, 2023

Dark ruby to garnet hue. Floral, fragrant, potpourri, soak cherries and raspberries, chinotto, blood orange bitters, sharp gunflint tang, chocolatey oak and just sliced thick salumi, some crushed kitchen herb nd a little ash. Elegant with a rasp of fine, tight tannin. Savory front, earthy and twiggy before flowing into raspberry/ dark strawberry fruit. Brightness with fresh acidity and a long finish. Very good Pinot Noir value.

RRP: $39
Alc: 13%
Rating:  93/100

Wine sample courtesy of Crittenden Wines