Description
Old or Young is simply a matter of perception. The vines for this lovely youthful iteration of Best's famous Pinot Meunier are way older than the average DD staff member. They just aren't over 100 years old, which is the material that goes into the rare Old Vine Pinot Meunier.
All estate fruit from a vineyard planted in the 1970s with cuttings taken from the original 19th century vineyard.
It's just a beautiful, gentle mid-weight wine, with plenty of floral aromatics, savoury spice and and effortless feel. Some sneaky silky tannins on the finish. A sheer delight to drink.
95 points
"This release has its cards kept close to its chest. It's floral and strawberried and earthen, with potpourri and general (dried) herb notes littered throughout. It's also strung with fine-grained, minerally tannin, which, combined with the wine's herbal, tonic-like notes, is the perfect foil to the prettiness of the florals. And yet still it feels as though we're dealing with an infant here; it hasn't yet properly bloomed. When it does, it will be beautiful. This is on its way to being light, lacy and lovely, the latter from myriad angles."
- Campbell Mattinson (Halliday Wine Companion)95 points
"The 2023 Young Vine Pinot Meunier is all about red strawberry and cranberry, old rose petals, pink peppercorns and tobacco. It is earthy and yet fine, with a flow of tight-knit tannin that passes over the tongue and through into the long finish... It is possible to purchase and drink history as it happens, and I find that to be utterly exciting."
- Erin Larkin (The Wine Advocate)
95 points
"We know what Best’s Old Vine Pinot Meunier can do. Give it 10, 20, 30 years and it will be a stunner. In the meantime, there is Best’s Young Vine Pinot Meunier to sate the appetite... This plummy, red fruited youngster has plenty of time up its sleeve, maybe not in the same realm as its Old Vine sibling, but it has immediate drinking enjoyment covered for now and over the next 8-10 years."
- Jeni Port (Wine Pilot)
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