Bell & Gong Valleyfield Vineyard Pinot Noir 2024
$45, 13.5% alcohol, screwcap, Tasmania.
This is a light, sinewy pinot noir with spice and leaf notes to the fore, along with a general savouriness. Cranberry and red cherry characters come edged with twiggy herb notes, and the finish too maintains the savoury impression. The tannin of this wine, long and stringy, will hold this wine in good stead. 90 points.
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.
Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.
