Hurley Estate Pinot Noir 2018
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1 or more bottles$41.50
Editors notes
Climatic conditions in vintage 2018, our eighteenth, were excellent from budburst to harvest. It must be rated among the best that the Mornington Peninsula generally and Hurley Vineyard particularly have experienced. It yielded a good quantity of high-quality fruit in all three vineyards. The vines were aged nineteen years in Garamond and Hommage the Older, and eighteen years in Hommage the Younger and Lodestone. The four wines of the 2018 release are consistently high in quality and among the best that we have produced.
This is blended of barrels of Lodestone, Hommage and Garamond. The grapes of these vineyards were harvested by hand on 3, 7 and 11 March, fermented under the action of indigenous yeast, basket-pressed on 21, 23, 25 and 27 and 29 March 2018 and, after twenty months in barrel (one quarter new), bottled on 4 November 2019. Closed with Diam cork.
A brilliant mid-garnet colour leads to a complex and evocative bouquet of raspberries and red cherries nuanced with cooked meat and cake spice. Intense red and black cherries and red currents burst in the supple, mouth-filling palate and linger in a long aftertaste. Fresh acidity, a creamy mouthfeel and ultra-fine tannins contribute to a pure, finely balanced wine of medium weight, considerable complexity and strong varietal typicity. Not quite as well-focused and precise as the single vineyard wines, this is nonetheless way above entry level standard. To 2027. Alc/vol 13.4%.
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- Cedar
- Red Cherry
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- Fish
- Game
- Poultry
Critic Scores & reviews
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James Halliday
95"One of the best value pinots from the Peninsula - and that's saying something. It has quality stamped across it - the estate is a blend of the three single sites, the sum of its parts. Heady aromatics, a delicacy throughout, but still detailed tannins and refreshing acidity gliding across the smooth palate."
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James Suckling
94"A light, lacy edition of the estate bottling from 2018, this is a blend of material from the three plots on the estate. Aromas of red cherries, raspberries, redcurrants and baking spices, as well as some light pastry notes. The palate is wound tight for now, but opens up with time to deliver very silky, supple, strawberry and red-cherry flavors, cast in a fine sweep of tannin. Fresh finish. Drink over the next seven years."
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Australia
Australia's wine industry is a thriving part of the country's economy, contributing significantly to employment, production, export, and tourism. In fact, the industry is the fourth-largest wine exporter in the world, shipping out 760 million liters of wine to countries including France, Italy, Spain, and the UK. One of the key factors contributing to Australia's success as a "New World" wine producer is the formal export and marketing of its wines through Wine Australia.
Australia's wine regions are scattered across the south and southeast, with almost every state boasting its own vineyards. Victoria, for example, is home to an impressive 21 wine regions. Some of the most famous wine regions in Australia include Margaret River, Barossa Valley, McLaren Vale, Eden Valley, Clare Valley, Hunter Valley, Yarra Valley, and local regions to New South Wales such as Cowra, Southern Highlands, and Mudgee.
Australian winemakers are known for producing a diverse range of grape varieties, with Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, and Pinot Noir being among the most popular. They tend to focus on producing wines that are ripe, fruit-forward, and easy to drink, using modern winemaking techniques and equipment such as stainless steel tanks and temperature-controlled fermentation.
With its bold, fruit-driven flavors and reputation for quality and diversity, Australian wine has become a popular choice for wine lovers around the world. And with such a broad range of wine regions and grape varieties, there's something for every palate to enjoy.
Victoria
The wine region of Victoria has the highest number of grapevines than any other state in Australia. It is home to over 600 wineries and well-known regions such as Yarra Valley, Heathcote, and Rutherglen. Victoria is situated in the southeastern corner of Australia where due to the location, the climate has a cool maritime influence and is known for its outstanding Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, along with producing Australia’s most famed dessert Muscat and Topaque wines.
There are a number of different terroir levels throughout the wine region of Victoria which leads to the production of different ranges of wines. In the southern region of Victoria, the vines are regulated by the cool winds of the Bass Strait. Central Victoria consists of mostly flat terrain that tends to be drier and warmer than the rest of Victoria, which results in more fruit concentrated wines. It may be surprising to note that Victoria is the third most productive wine region in Australia, seeing as it does not have as many areas suitable for viticulture, which has resulted in the cellar door culture of Victoria being concentrated with smaller, but more personal boutique wineries.
Mornington Peninsula
The quality of Mornington Peninsula wines has skyrocketed in the past few years, and no grape variety has done so more than Pinot Noir wrote Huon Hooke back in 2012 in the Sydney Morning Herald. Rightly too, for the wines are superb and have been compared to the magnificent Vosnee Romanee.
The cool climate region to the South of Melbourne experiences a maritime climate ideally suited to the cultivation of Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Shiraz (Syrah) and Pinot Gris. The maritime climate is greatly influenced by Bass Straight and Port Philip Bay high winds. The winds limit frost and humidity which in turn limits mould and mildews which can plague Pinot vines grown elsewhere.
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About the brand Hurley Vineyard
Their philosophy is to bring joy to the world by making wine from Pinot Noir with gentility and respect and which expresses the pure truth of its terroir like the peal of a bell. Hurley Vineyard wraps north to east around the crest of a little volcanic hill in three climats: Lodestone, Hommage and Garamond. Sunlit and airy, it is protected by the surrounding topography.
The terroir is owed to fire and water – the fire of the Eocene volcanoes and the waters of the Southern Ocean, the Tasman Sea and the Port Phillip and Western Port Bays. The volcanoes provided the soil – which is very dark reddish-brown in colour and very fine sandy clay-loam in texture. Full of ironstone, it is free-draining and moisture-retentive. The ocean, sea and two bays - which the Mornington Peninsula runs between - moderate the climate and keep it even and cool.
Hurley Vineyard is at 90 m altitude in the south-eastern lowland hills of the Peninsula in the sub-region formed by Balnarring and Merricks. It has a rainfall of about 750 mm annually. With 350 mm usually falling in the growing season, the low-yielding vines are not irrigated. This is beautiful terroir for growing Pinot Noir.