2022 Dalrymple Single Site Swansea Pinot Noir

96 POINTS

Tom Kline - Winepilot

Restrained and delicate aromas of plum and dark cherry set the scene, making way for tilled earth, campfire ash, ripe red florals, sweet pops of raspberry and waftings of nutmeg. Restraint is the word, and it’s working beautifully here with a wine of class and poise. The palate is lithe and similarly restrained, though with lovely even intensity and texture. This is delicious. Deep red florals, raspberry, dark cherry, nutmeg and a shot of stemmy spice work together magically in a lifted and cohesive aesthetic. The finish is long and framed by bitter cacao-laced tannins and piercing acidity. There’s not a hair out of place here. A Pinot Noir of grace, class and complexity. Bravo.

94 POINTS

Dave Brookes - Halliday Wine Companion

This Swansea pinot noir is sourced from a vineyard overlooking Great Oyster Bay on Tasmania’s east coast. Red fruit tones here. Red cherry, some raspberry coulis and tamarillo with wood spice, fruitcake, dried meats, amaro, cola, pastis and purple floral tones. There's space and an airiness to the palate, with a briny, maritime acid beat, sapid and savoury, with a graceful, saline, red-fruited draw on the lipsmacking finish.

91 POINTS

Erin Larkin - Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2022 Swansea Single Site Pinot Noir smells ripe and warming on the nose, with rich red fruits, leather, milk chocolate and raspberry seed. In the mouth, the wine is supple and smooth, with a creamy fruit profile. The acidity remains true to Tasmania, in that it is pronounced and bright, yet it emphasizes the fruit here, which has a distinctly ripe note—prune/date/dried fruit. 13.5% alcohol, sealed under screw cap.

Mike Bennie - The Wine Front

Swansea is a lovely part of Tasmania. Go the East Coast! This is a wine that feels detailed by oak and acidity, both poking out of the mainframe of juicy, red cherry fruit, a charry cedar and clove note dashed with zesty, lemony zing. It’s got good chalky texture but that also can be quite abrupt in the drinking experience. The palate chatters with a shrill bitterness. In all that, perhaps a wine for laying down and letting settle further, despite three years from harvest. Right now, a little edgy, and missing some general pinosity.