2021 Bass Phillip Estate Pinot Noir

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Bass Phillips's well-priced estate Pinot is an excellent cellaring prospect. One of the icons of Australian wine heritage.
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The remarkable Bass Phillip Pinot Noirs are the benchmark for Gippsland Pinot Noir.

The phenomenal concentration achieved by Phillip Jones comes from the ground up. Biodynamic farming and extreme attention to detail in the vineyard yielding fruit undeniably of a world class standard.

The Estate Pinot Noir sets the tone for the vintage, coming from the original close-planted estate vineyard. Juicy and sweet-fruited with plenty of spice, and a lick of gentle tannin.

There's great structure and texture here and a long life ahead.

95 points
"An elegant style, almost gentle with every element from fruit and acidity to tannins neatly in place. It’s a complete wine. Red cherry accents, rose petals, charred radicchio and a host of spices for good measure. It continues to unfurl beautifully in the glass. As seamless as it gets thanks to superfine tannins and a powder puff of acidity."
- Jane Faulkner (Halliday Wine Companion)

95 points
"Medium full ruby with a tinge of purple; the aromas are of red fruits, the profile lean and elegant, with bountiful drying tannins, and touches of foresty pinot mystery. The wine is lean and drying on the aftertaste. Nice elegant wine, worth a little cellaring also."
- Huon Hooke (The Real Review)

Bunches are carefully sorted upon arrival at the winery
on a sorting table then conveyed to a ‘state of the art’
incline destemmer. The whole berries are gently
conveyed directly to open fermenters with an addition
of 40 ppm SO2. A natural ferment starts usually within
4 days but hand plunging commences from the start
until draining/pressing. Usually between 10-14 days
from harvest, the wine is drained, the skins pressed
gently and combined with the free run wine which is
settled for a week or so before racking to barrel using
gravity. Malo lactic occurs naturally in barrel and
once complete the wine gets 60 ppm SO2. Our Estate
Pinot is a selection of the best barrels of our Leongatha
vineyard of which 22% were new this year. All barrels
are lightly toasted and extra tight grain oak. Barrels are
topped and checked regularly. Wine stays in barrel for
14 months, then it simply gravity decanted off lees via a
spigot inserted at the bottom of the barrel to a blending
tank. No fining of any sort, or filtration before bottling
in July 2022. A natural deposit may become present
over time in the bottle.

95 points - "An elegant style, almost gentle with every element from fruit and acidity to tannins neatly in place. It’s a complete wine. Red cherry accents, rose petals, charred radicchio and a host of spices for good measure. It continues to unfurl beautifully in the glass. As seamless as it gets thanks to superfine tannins and a powder puff of acidity." - Jane Faulkner (Halliday Wine Companion)

95 points - "Medium full ruby with a tinge of purple; the aromas are of red fruits, the profile lean and elegant, with bountiful drying tannins, and touches of foresty pinot mystery. The wine is lean and drying on the aftertaste. Nice elegant wine, worth a little cellaring also." - Huon Hooke (The Real Review)

Customer Reviews

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  • CH
    Chris H.
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    1 year ago
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    2020 Bass Phillip Estate Pinot Noir
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    2020 Bass Phillip Estate Pinot Noir
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Succulent

    Mid ruby. Aromatic red cherries and some powderiness – smells like Burgundy. Medium bodied, rich red

    cherries/raspberries with a glycerolly macerated fruit feel. Good fruit length, acid structure.

  • JF
    Jun F.
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    3 years ago
    Wine Knowledge Level Enthusiast
    2020 Bass Phillip Estate Pinot Noir
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    2020 Bass Phillip Estate Pinot Noir
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Excellent Pinot Noir

    Good quality for the price. I will stock up at this price whenever I can!

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