2021 Prophet's Rock Pinot Noir

The 2021 Home Vineyard Pinot Noir is from the front block and the higher back terrace of the vineyard beside the winery, and the wine is supple and concentrated on the nose. It smells silky, if that is even a thing. In the mouth, the wine flows effortlessly. It is sensational. The tannins are silky. If you'd like closure on the open-ended question posed by the aromatics, the fruit stays firmly on the red end of the flavor spectrum—a feathering of cherry across pomegranate pearls, layers of raspberry pip, red licorice, pink peppercorns ... the list goes on. A complex wine, this is shaped by tannins and agile, svelte fruit. A superb wine by any standard. 13.5% alcohol, sealed under Diam. The wines (Olearia, planted on schist and Home Vineyard, planted in clay and pedogenic lime/chalk, retrospect—limestone) are all treated the same in both the vineyard and the winery. Cropped at four tonnes per hectare, the wine received one hand plunge only during fermentation, a watering can of juice over the top morning and night and two winters in barrel. Amazing to see the difference in personality between the sites.