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2020 Circe, Hillcrest Road Pinot Noir, Mornington Peninsula, Australia

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Pinot Noir
Ready - youthful
Product: 20201361007
2020 Circe, Hillcrest Road Pinot Noir, Mornington Peninsula, Australia

Description

The Hillcrest Road single vineyard always provides such a unique, terroir-driven, savoury expression of Pinot Noir, and it does so once again in 2020. The nose is full of macerated red cherries overlaid by a savoury complexity and notes of cured meat and autumn leaves. Ripe, sweet strawberries and raspberries coat the palate yet the wine is not heavy at all. By contrast this is refreshing and full of fascinating and complex earthy, savoury notes.

Nothing is overdone, with that ripe red fruit continuing effortlessly, combined with a umami twist on the long finish. Already quite savoury in style, drink this now or over the next four years to enjoy its fruit, or leave for longer if you want to enjoy the further development of those elegant, tertiary flavours.

Drink 2024 - 2030

Catriona Felstead MW, Senior Buyer, Berry Bros. & Rudd

Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2020
Maturity Ready - youthful
Grape List Pinot Noir
Body Full Bodied
Producer Circe Wines

About this wine

Pinot Noir

Pinot Noir is probably the most frustrating, and at times infuriating, wine grape in the world. However when it is successful, it can produce some of the most sublime wines known to man. This thin-skinned grape which grows in small, tight bunches performs well on well-drained, deepish limestone based subsoils as are found on Burgundy's Côte d'Or. Pinot Noir is more susceptible than other varieties to over cropping - concentration and varietal character disappear rapidly if yields are excessive and yields as little as 25hl/ha are the norm for some climats of the Côte d`Or.
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Mornington Peninsula

Mornington Peninsula

This cooler maritime environment has very quickly become an important wine-making area with a keen focus on Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Aromatic varieties such as Pinot Gris, Riesling and Viognier are also planted here.
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Circe Wines

Circe is a boutique label from Dan Buckle (of Domain Chandon) and Aaron Drummond (of Craggy Range). It is produced with fruit from the Hillcrest Road vineyard in Red Hill, Australia’s Mornington Peninsula. The vineyard grows Chardonnay and Pinot Noir grapes on deep red volcanic basalt soils.
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