Symons Mornington Peninsula Pinot Noir 2024

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Symons Mornington Peninsula Pinot Noir 2024.

Symons Mornington Peninsula Pinot Noir 2024
$48, 13.5% alcohol, screwcap, Mornington Peninsula.

This wine is a few steps above the ordinary. It’s unusually complex, and beautifully fruited, and deep, and lively, and more-ish; all at once. It could hardly be more impressive. It tastes of undergrowth, walnuts, red and black cherries, smoked cedar, autumn leaves and red roses, and it cascades these flavours through the palate in a manner that feels ultra confident, and ultra engaging. Tannin through the finish is ultra fine, and just assertive enough, and the length there too has real endurance. This and all the current release wines from Symons have made be an instant devotee. 95 points.

Campbell Mattinson

This article was written by Campbell Mattinson, founder of The Winefront and mattinson, and former chief editor of Halliday.

When you pick up a wine book and see thousands of top-scoring wines, it’s hard to know which wine to choose. Mattinson guides you through this maze, giving you an honest view of the best Australian wines, the best wine stories, the best wine producers, the best value wines and simply, the best tasting wines. Importantly, Mattinson will tell you about the top-rated wines and also about the underrated wines. In short, Mattinson knows Australian wines inside and out.

Mattinson has been a photo-journalist since 1987. For the past 25 years he’s been a voice that you can trust when you’re looking for the best wines. He’s the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He’s a past winner of a Louis Roederer International Wine Media Award, and is the author of the award-winning book The Wine Hunter. He’s not afraid to put a score beside a wine. But what he’d rather do, is tell you the wine’s story.

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