Riposte The Sabre Pinot Noir 2024

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Mattinson review of Riposte The Sabre Pinot Noir 2024.

Riposte The Sabre Pinot Noir 2024
$39, 13.5% alcohol, screwcap, Adelaide Hills.

This release of Riposte’s The Sabre Pinot Noir is meaty and floral and lovely. It’s complex in a charming way and openly accessible, but with nuanced extras. It tastes essentially of red and black cherries but with woodsmoke, sweet spices, purple flowers and those aforementioned deli meat characters all making positive contributions. There’s a touch of velvet to the mouthfeel too. This wine is on song. You can buy with confidence. 93 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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