Our New Release 2023 Estate Pinot Noir

Coming from the home Portsea vineyard, and made up of 3 blocks, all planted in the year 2000. The biggest and best is the MV6 block (2.8 acres), along with the mixed pinot noir block (1.4 acres, planted equally to 115, D4V2 and G5V15) and the smaller Cattle Yard block (D4V6, 0.25 acres). The vineyards are mostly on sand with nodes of limestone throughout the soil and a limestone bedrock. The MV6 block’s soil is particularly impoverished, making the most dense, powerful wines and yielding at an extremely low long term average of 900KG per acre. The  2023 has no new oak.

Consistent with previous releases, the 2023 Portsea Block Pinot Noir is impressively deep in colour. The nose displays graphite, plum and nori seaweed notes. The palate is rich and concentrated, with dark cherry, dark plum and impressive, powerful tannins. Given the power and lineage, the wine will age for 10-15 years.