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

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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Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.

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