Punch Lance’s Vineyard Close Planted Pinot Noir 2023

Written By Campbell Mattinson
bottle of Punch Lance’s Vineyard Close Planted Pinot Noir 2023 for review

Punch Lance’s Vineyard Close Planted Pinot Noir 2023
$80, 13% alcohol, screwcap, Yarra Valley.

This wine paints a complex picture but, also, it brings the silk. It’s a straight-up banger of a Pinot Noir. Undergrowth, black cherry, sap, forest berries and foresty herbs, boysenberries and violets; all these characters get a run, and all walk hand-in-hand. There’s a nutty, sweet-spice aspect to this wine too; it is, in essence and in truth, a beautiful expression of this important vineyard. Tannin through the finish too is perfectly well resolved, which then leads to a long finish. This is the kind of wine that gave Punch’s Close Planted vineyard such a high reputation in the first place. It’s a beauty. 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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