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

This article was written by Campbell Mattinson, former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion book, former editor of Halliday magazine, former editor of Australian Sommelier Magazine and founder of the highly respected The Winefront site.

Mattinson has been an independent wine critic and photo-journalist since 1987. 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; is the author of the award-winning book The Wine Hunter; and is the author of the best-selling novel We Were Not Men. He’s also a winner of a St Kilda Film Festival Award (as writer-director) and is a former winner of the prized Best Australian Sports Writing Award.

Mattinson, who is 100% independent, puts a score out of 100 on every wine that he reviews. But what he’d rather do, is tell you the wine’s story.

https://www.campbellmattinson.com
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