Kyneton Ridge Reserve Pinot Noir 2024

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Kyneton Ridge Reserve Pinot Noir 2024.

Kyneton Ridge Reserve Pinot Noir 2024
$50, 13.7% alcohol, screwcap, Macedon Ranges.

This wine is an absolute winner. It’s inherently Pinot Noir but it also has the feeling of extra. It tastes of cherries and plums, fresh and smoked, with subtle reductive characters, woodsy spice notes aplenty, crushed violet notes and a general infusion of smoked cedar. There’s a firmness to the finish, and a spiciness, and a juiciness. Everything about this wine is impressive. 95 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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