2018 Toolangi Reserve Block E Pinot Noir
Medium to light ruby colour with a tinge of purple. The bouquet shows meaty, smoked charcuterie, the palate sweet-fruited and light to medium-bodied, soft and mild-mannered with good length. An attractive savoury and quite oak-assisted style. The palate is taut, composed, sinewy, and quite finely-structured. Good but rather expensive. Read more
Critic Reviews
Medium to light ruby colour with a tinge of purple. The bouquet shows meaty, smoked charcuterie, the palate sweet-fruited and light to medium-bodied, soft and mild-mannered with good length. An attractive savoury and quite oak-assisted style. The palate is taut, composed, sinewy, and quite finely-structured. Good but rather expensive.
Technical Attributes
- Producer: Toolangi
- Varietal: Pinot Noir
- Region: Yarra Valley
- Alcohol: 13.5%
- Net volume: 750ml
- Vintage: 2018
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Style GuideLight Intense
Tasting Notes
Toolangi’s E Block—home to 17-year-old vines of the MV6 clone—has been identified as growing the best of the best Pinot Noir that this Dixon’s Creek vineyard produces. The first release under the new regime, 2018’s fruit was partially de-stemmed (50% whole bunch) before a short cold soak and wild fermentation. All up the wine spent 25 days on skins before being pressed to French oak (20% new) for eight months. Unfined and unfiltered.
Winemakers Note
Toolangi’s E Block—home to 17-year-old vines of the MV6 clone—has been identified as growing the best of the best Pinot Noir that this Dixon’s Creek vineyard produces. The first release under the new regime, 2018’s fruit was partially de-stemmed (50% whole bunch) before a short cold soak and wild fermentation. All up the wine spent 25 days on skins before being pressed to French oak (20% new) for eight months. Unfined and unfiltered.