2022 Patrick Sullivan Ada River Pinot Noir

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A single vineyard Pinot Noir full of concentrated flavours and sprinklings of spice.
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Description

Like it's Ada River Chardonnay sibling, the Ada River Pinot comes from a single-vineyard in the Baw Baw Shire area of Gippsland.

The vines are dry grown, providing intensely flavoured grapes that impart complexity and character into the final wine.

The palate is filled with cherries and raspberry tang, with sprinklings of spice stewn throughout. It's a beautiful, powerful expression of Pinot and a real delight to sip.

Harvest commenced in the 1st week of April where the fruit was picked into 15kg baskets. The fruit was then chilled down overnight and
destemmed into stainless steel fermenters. Fermentation took place over 3 weeks. The wines is then pressed, settled and put into 3rd and 4th use french barriques.

Region: Gippsland, VIC
Blend: Pinot Noir (100%)
ABV: 13.50%
Closure: 750ml
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95 Points - "Medium-full red-purple colour; meaty and spicy, some reductive notes, clearing quickly to reveal a nice touch of fivespice; the palate rich, soft and fleshy, again not all that varietal, but there's a deep core of sweet fruit which is almost luscious. Plenty of volume and weight here. Tannins are quite powerful but very supple and rounded. A keeper. Lovely wine, and very approachable already." - Huon Hooke (The Real Review)

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    LUKE D.
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    5 months ago
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    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    I will continue rolling on the river

    Excellent wine, lived up to the hype and continued to add to this brands Chardonnay reputation.

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Patrick Sullivan

The wild-haired Patrick Sullivan is a farmer first, a winemaker second.

His pride and joy is his vineyard in the Strzelecki Ranges in the Gippsland G.I. of Victoria. On this plot of land, Pat farms with organic principals alongside Bill Downie, one of the most revolutionary winemakers of his generation.

Bill takes the Pinot Noir from the vineyard, Pat takes the Chardonnay. The Chardonnay wines emerging from his cellar are some of the most exciting in the country. Addicted to volcanic soils and the power and energy that those soils bring to Chardonnay, Pat is amassing a formidable stable of Chardonnays that articulate a small slice of Australia's ancient terroir.

The wines are un-tinkered with, fermented in neutral vessels with little or no sulphur and are made to express their special site and the vagaries of vintage. In Pat's words, "The wines are inspired by emotion, a moment in time and a sense of place."

Pat Sullivan - Gippsland, VIC Patrick Sullivan

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