Nintingbool Vineyard

2015 NINTINGBOOL SMYTHES CREEK PINOT NOIR

RRP $35 / 2025

All estate grown. 390 dozen. Creamy oak adds velvet to the texture but the fruit sizzles through, all red cherry and sweet-sour plum, spice notes studded throughout. It’s in impeccable form and shape, its lines of tannin helping to usher it all along and keep things neat without interrupting the momentum a jot. Maybe there’s some warmth but the fan of flavours doesn’t really give it space to show. It’s a lovely pinot, for now or later. CM 14% alc.

WINEMAKER Peter Bothe What do you love about aged wine?

Whether it’s good winemaking or good luck, it’s a trip when you open an older vintage of pinot noir and the mushroom notes hit your nose and swirl around your mouth, leaving those warm, rich flavours and earthy fruits.