2021 Quealy Campbell & Christine Pinot Noir

92 POINTS

Jane Faulkner - Halliday Wine Companion

It seems 2021 peninsula pinot noirs are defined by acidity, making them vibrant and lively yet needing more time to settle. This has plenty of driving acidity sealing in flavours of red cherries, wintergreen and earthy rhubarb with a whiff of menthol along the way. It’s barely medium bodied with papery, fine tannins. The reference for confit duck seems all too common for pinot noir yet in this instance, it would be a great partnership.

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James Suckling

Fragrant nose of dried strawberries, raspberries, hibiscus, potpourri and nutmeg. It’s medium-bodied with finely knit tannins. Silky and perfumed, with a lengthy, floral finish.

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Erin Larkin - Robert Parker Wine Advocate

All four 2021 Quealy Pinot Noirs are in front of me today, and all are possessed of the same, very light color in the glass. On the nose, this 2021 Campbell and Christine Pinot Noir (so named for the vineyard source at 30-50 meters in elevation in the Mornington Peninsula) speaks of soft licorice, orange zest and alpine herbs. In the mouth, the wine is taut and driven by acid tension, which is pronounced. The 2021 vintage was cool and excellent, so this level of purity and high-toning is expected; however, the fruit is very delicate, which in combination with the acidity makes for tense drinking at this stage. Here's hoping in a number of years the wine may have gained some flesh of its very fine bones.

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Campbell Mattinson - The Wine Front

It’s cool and savoury but it feels bold. It does because there’s sizeable hit of flavour sitting right in the centre of the wine, made mostly of black cherry and woodsy herb though with inflections of toast, mint, redcurrant and clove. You can feel the twigs, you can taste the fruit. Charm is a bit hard to find but the fruit quality is not in dispute.