Oakdene Peta’s Pinot Noir 2022

Written By Campbell Mattinson

This is spicy and lively but also quite tannic, all of which factors suggest that it would team well with food. The acidity here almost has a tomato-like edge, which might lead some to question the wine’s ripeness. To me it just feels lively, in a savoury way. Cranberry, light red cherry, woodsmoke, meat and leaf matter characters all get a run here. It’s not an emphatic wine but it’s composed and complete in its own way. I’d happily buy-drink this and would happily give it a score around the 92/100 mark.

Price: AU $40.

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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