Josef Chromy Distant South Pinot Noir 2024

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Josef Chromy Distant South Pinot 2024.

Josef Chromy Distant South Pinot Noir 2024
AU$20, 13.5% alcohol, screwcap, Tasmania.

If you walk into a Dan Murphy’s store and ask for advice on “a good value Pinot Noir”, this is often the recommendation. So I thought that I’d put it to the test. It’s exclusive to Dan Murphy’s and BWS stores.

A bit smoky, a bit sweet-sour, a bit cranberried, notes of orange juice (not so great) and sour undergrowth (much better). Juicy and light, generally in a good way. Tannin has an attractive dryness to it, without intruding, and comes with a subtle smoky/minerally aspect. 90 points-ish. Maybe 91 on its absolute best day. It’s not great but at $20 I’m giving the store attendant(s) a tick.

90 points – Campbell Mattinson.

Campbell Mattinson

Campbell Mattinson has been an independent journalist, wine critic and photographer for forty years. He founded The Winefront, is a former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion (and former editor of Halliday magazine), and is the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He is 100% independent, and tastes between 5,000 and 10,000 wines each year, blind and in comparative brackets as often as is practicable.

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Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.

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