Provenance Ballarat Pinot Noir 2023

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Mattinson review of Provenance Ballarat Pinot Noir 2023.

Provenance Ballarat Pinot Noir 2023
$55, 13.3% alcohol, screwcap, Ballarat.

Some wines somehow manage to have a refreshing, almost watery feel, even as they deliver satisfying flavour. This is one such wine. It has strength of character even as it delivers its delicate messages. It tastes of cranberry, black cherry, roasted nuts and peppercorns, and it delivers these flavours on a layer of silk. There’s genuine finesse here. And a genuine fineness to the tannin. And excellent length too. 94 points.

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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