Monty’s Leap Pinot Noir 2023

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Monty’s Leap Pinot Noir 2023.

Monty’s Leap Pinot Noir 2023
$40, 13.3% alcohol, screwcap, Great Southern.

It tastes like Pinot Noir, it feels like Pinot Noir, it finishes well and it’s good to drink. Lots of boxes ticked here. Sweet-cherry flavours, stewed strawberries, earth, toast, dried herbs and cedarwood all get a healthy look in here. There’s a slip of satin to the mouthfeel, and good freshness throughout. The tannin framework suggests that this wine should age well over the next few years too. 91 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.

https://www.campbellmattinson.com
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