Russell & Suitor Isabella Pinot Noir 2025

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Russell & Suitor Isabella Pinot Noir 2025.

Russell & Suitor Isabella Pinot Noir 2025
$50, 13% alcohol, screwcap, Tasmania.

This is a complex Pinot Noir with excellent concentration of flavour and lots going on through the finish as well. This is a wine that will woo some folks. It’s juicy, both red and black cherried, run through with undergrowth and twiggy spice notes and gently smoky and reductive. It has excellent length, a pretty rose-hip character, well-judged tannin and a general structural integrity. This is a quality Tasmanian Pinot Noir. 94 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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