Murdoch Hill Apollo Pinot Noir 2022

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Mattinson review of Murdoch Hill Apollo Pinot Noir 2022.

Murdoch Hill Apollo Pinot Noir 2022
$91, 13% alcohol, screwcap, Adelaide Hills.

It’s hard to get Pinot Noir right in the Adelaide Hills but when it works it tends to soar. This Pinot Noir from Murdoch Hill is one of the best pinot noirs I’ve had the pleasure of from the region. It’s a structured, near-Italianate rendition of the variety with smoky, berried fruit, rounds of spice and twiggy herbs, and firm, pencilly tannin. This is a wine of layers, and of personality, It’s something special. 96 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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