2023 Valli Gibbston Vineyard Pinot Noir 375ml

98 POINTS

Sam Kim - Wine Orbit

It's totally seductive on the nose with stunning fruit purity and perfume, showing ripe cherry, floral, mushroom, thyme, and toasted almond notes, followed by a finely flowing palate that's wonderfully rounded and plump. Tannins are fine and beautifully infused, making it superbly structured with a sustained, refined finish.

96 POINTS

Erin Larkin - Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2023 Gibbston Vineyard Pinot Noir is fresh, juicy and texturally detailed, with chalky, supple tannins that fill the mouth and saline acidity that courses through the layers of floral, red-berry fruit. There is real drive and elegance here. It's a superb wine, as all of these Valli Pinots tend to be. 13% alcohol, sealed under screw cap.

96 POINTS

Dave Brookes - Halliday Wine Companion

Purchased by Grant Taylor in '98 and planted on schist-borne, windblown alluvial loess in '99–'00 – their spiritual home. The '23 is a gorgeous release; schisty, fragrant and perfectly weighted, with pure red and dark cherry fruits, wild strawberry and pippy raspberry flecks. There are hints of mountain thyme, souk-like spice, vanilla pod, crushed amaro herbs, charcuterie and turned leaves with liminal tones of dried shiitake on a crushed-rock base. It's tautly stretched on its canvas, with a tight, minerally cadence. There is a grace and travel to this wine that pushes all my buttons.

95 POINTS

Rebecca Gibb MW - Vinous

Silken and suave, the 2023 Pinot Noir Gibbston does what it does best, offering a finely textured and aromatic style that is fully ripe yet retains finesse and elegance. This is not a big wine, but it has plenty of density and juice within its frame. Fine acidity and powdery tannins leave a precise, almost sinewy finish with notes of violet, plum, tomato leaf and black tea. The 2023 is already drinking beautifully, so there is no need to wait, but there's also no need to hurry.

95 POINTS

Emma Jenkins MW - Decanter

Gibbston is Valli’s original vineyard, producing wines of perfumed, fine-boned elegance and longevity. Intensely red-fruited and spicy nose with wild thyme, rose petals and hints of darker boysenberry and milk chocolate. The palate is still a little closed but there’s a savoury depth that hints at good things to come – this is a bit of a sleeper. Tight, very fine tannins; displays a mineral acid line to a long finish. Very graceful.

94 POINTS

James Suckling

Lovely, bright fruit with black cherries, strawberries and orange peel as well as hints of peaches. Medium-bodied, this has firm tannins that are caressing and delicious. Fluid and attractive at the end.