BASS PHILLIP PREMIUM PINOT NOIR 2018

BASS PHILLIP PREMIUM PINOT NOIR 2018The classically styled, Bass Phillip Premium Pinot Noir shows beautiful, black cherry, floral and gamey aromas, supple, velvety tannins, underlying smoky oak and great length of flavour. The fruit is sourced from the low cropping low input four hectare north east facing vineyard at Leongatha. Ageing takes place in French oak for 12 to 18 months depending on vintage. The Premiums hidden power is revealed after around five years of bottle age.

She has been in the vineyard and planted the first vines

35ha vineyard located above Nuits St Georges

Full flavoured with juicy dark red berries

Drinking Window: 2020-2027

2013 Vosne-Romanee

Savory fruit with ripe berry fruits overlaying spicey oak characters

but its tones remain woody

There's high-toned black and red-berry fruit

A whitish and chalky limestone clay is predominant in its steepest part

citrus scented finish

These conditions allowed the grapes plenty of time to accumulate lots of flavour whilst retaining moderate alcohols â€

particularly on the finish