2023 Meadowbank Pinot Noir

95 POINTS

James Suckling

Deeply perfumed aromas of crush blackberries, dark cherries, decaying bark and cured meat. The palate is finely integrated with focused acidity and a creamy texture, giving notes of orange peel, dried herbs, boysenberries and spices. A nice balance between fresh fruit and savory notes coming from 35% whole-cluster fermentation.

95 POINTS

Gary Walsh - The Wine Front

I’m thinking 2023 was a very good year for Tasmanian Pinot Noir. It fairly pops with red cherry and ripe strawberry, there’s also some spice, dried flowers and something a little bit earthy, like brown mushrooms, with a just a hint of smoky reduction. It’s juicy and succulent, with cool balanced acidity, and if you swish it around in your mouth, there’s fine emery board tannin that feels very nice, along with a pleasantly sappy edge. The finish is long, spicy and sweetly fruited. It’s lovely now, though likely better again with a couple more years under its belt.

95 POINTS

Dave Brookes - Halliday Wine Companion

Another cracking Peter Dredge pinot noir from Gerald Ellis’ Meadowbank vineyard in the Derwent Valley. Light and bright in colour with fragrant aromas of red cherry, cranberry and raspberry fruits with a whiff of watermelon. Hints of exotic spice and twiggy complexity along with ginger cake, pressed wildflowers, dried meats, softly spoken oak and earth. Spacious with an inflow of amaro and dried citrus rind on the palate, finishing powdery in tannin with a slightly wild look in its eyes.

95 POINTS

Aaron Brasher - The Real Review

Complex aromas of cherry, dried herbs, spice, sap, underbrush, earth and bramble. There’s plenty of fleshy blue and red fruits here, along with some bunchy funk and lift. The fruit is vibrant, textured and layered and there’s lovely, firm, shapely tannins and snappy acidity