Punch Lance’s Vineyard Close Planted Pinot Noir 2022

Written By Campbell Mattinson
bottle of Punch Lance’s Vineyard Close Planted Pinot Noir 2022

Punch Lance’s Vineyard Close Planted Pinot Noir 2022
$80, 13% alcohol, screwcap, Yarra Valley

The complexity of this young pinot noir is quite something. When this reaches maturity – likely in the next 5-10 years – it promises to be kaleidoscopic. It already shows ample boysenberry, twig, red cherry, Campari-like herb and cedar flavours, through the palate, with blood orange notes riding over the top. It’s an autumnal, foresty, twiggy Pinot Noir but it’s also fruit-filled. Indeed it’s negroni-like, in a more modest alcohol setting, and of course with greater complexity. One extra thing to note with this wine is the cord-like nature of the tannin. It draws at the wine with care, and with certainty. Everything here is in exactly the right place. 94 points.

Campbell Mattinson

This article was written by Campbell Mattinson, founder of The Winefront and mattinson, and former chief editor of Halliday.

When you pick up a wine book and see thousands of top-scoring wines, it’s hard to know which wine to choose. Mattinson guides you through this maze, giving you an honest view of the best Australian wines, the best wine stories, the best wine producers, the best value wines and simply, the best tasting wines. Importantly, Mattinson will tell you about the top-rated wines and also about the underrated wines. In short, Mattinson knows Australian wines inside and out.

Mattinson has been a photo-journalist since 1987. For the past 25 years he’s been a voice that you can trust when you’re looking for the best wines. 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, and is the author of the award-winning book The Wine Hunter. He’s not afraid to put a score beside a wine. But what he’d rather do, is tell you the wine’s story.

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