De Bortoli Vinoque Pinot Meunier & Pinot Noir 2024

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of De Bortoli Vinoque Pinot Meunier & Pinot Noir 2024.

De Bortoli Vinoque Pinot Meunier & Pinot Noir 2024
$28, 13.8% alcohol, screwcap, Yarra Valley.

This is an attractively perfumed red wine, light, sweet-sour, spicy, strung with sinewy tannin and – in a light context – satisfying. The grain of the tannin, the autumnal suggestions and the fresh, energetic feel of the wine’s berried fruit flavours make for a positive experience all-round. Price is right. Wine is right. This is a good buying/drinking option. 91 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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