“Deepish dark red colour with a tint of purple and a rich spicy, ‘forest floor’ and dark-cherry bouquet, subtly tinged with char-oak. The wine is full-bodied and strongly built, with voluminous flavour, serious tannin structure and plenty of grip. An impressive pinot of impressive weight, flesh and density, which promises to age superbly.” 96 points, Huon Hooke, The Real Review
“Curly Flat’s current course is impressive. The depth of ripe red and dark cherry fruit here is laced with spiced plum and attractive herbal notes. The smooth roll of the palate is mesmerising with plush texture and concentrated cherry fruits.” 96 points, Nick Stock, Gourmet Traveller Wine
“Curly Flat has made its name on powerfully-built examples of the variety, fruit often matched step-by-step by oak. There’s cedary oak here but it’s been dialled back while, at the same time, tannin has been dialled up. This wine has fruit but it also has a great emphasis on structure. It’s not chunky, it’s chalky and dry, effectively mineral, almost quartz-like. It brings gravitas to the Curly Flat equation..” 95 points, Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front
“Wonderfully silken Pinot is this Curly Flat, too – polished and pure Pinot. I’m always intrigued at how ripe and velvety rich this wine is in a region not known for warmth. It has excellent sappy Pinosity; the oak gives a thrust of chocolate in there too. Lithe. Has this sort of ruby fruited, finely balanced perfection to it. A lovely drink that we genuinely enjoyed. In context, this is cheap too – plenty of Grand Cru Burgundy is lesser than this for 10x the price.” 95 points, Andrew Graham, Oz Wine Review
Curly Flat Pinot Noir represents our passion as winegrowers to faithfully capture the essence of our remarkable site coupled with the unique expression that is derived from each vintage.
From the vineyard
After a cooler spring, the summer months delivered moderate to warm temperatures of an average of 28 degrees. Veraison occurred in January, past the heat peak of summer and slow ripening ensued without compromise to length or varietal detail. Outside of an above average flourish in November, the rainfall of the season overall was low with the lead up to harvest being our driest on record with only 41mm received between December and April. The combination of warm days, cool nights and very low rainfall manifested in a more powerfully structured yet fragrant Pinot Noir that serves to showcase the quality of tannin that is grown in our vineyards.
From the winery…
Our 2019 Estate Pinot Noir consists of seventeen separate lots representing distinct aspects, clones and soils. Each of these parcels were handled with minimum intervention in the winery with the aim of maximising site expression. Indigenous yeasts connect all ferment but varying amounts of whole bunch, post ferment skin contact and individual oak handling were utilised respective to the lot characters themselves. The totality of these parcels combine to form our most complex Pinot Noir, with fragrant spices and a red fruit lift that seamlessly merges with darker fruits and more savoury complexities. A myriad of vineyard based tannin entwines with gentle oak handling to accentuate a length of mineral clarity. After 16 months maturation our Estate blend consists of 22% whole bunch and 22% new oak and was bottled with without filtration.
Harvest date | 14th-23rd March 2019 |
Clones used | MV6, 114 & 115 |
Rootstock | Own roots, Teleki 5C, SO4 & Kober 5bb |
Vine age | 19 to 27 years |
Trellis | Lyre & Geneva Double Curtain |
Soil type | Volcanic Basalt & Upper Ordovician |
pH | 3.68 |
Titratable acidity g/L | 5.6 |
Malic acidity g/L | <0.05 g/L |
Baume / Alcohol | 13.5% |
% whole bunch | 22% |
Yeast | Indigenous |
New | 22% |
Second fill | 42% |
Third fill | 36% |
Maturation | 16 |
Fining / filtration | No |
Available formats | 375ml, 750ml & 1.5lts |
Available | Online, cellar door, select restaurants |
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