Pipers Brook 'New Certan' Tasmanian Pinot Noir 2018
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PBNC201810 UCAU
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The New Certan Pinot Noir is careful selection of only the best parcels across our Mount Pleasant Vineyard in Launceston.
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Mount Pleasant grows an ethereal Pinot noir of elegant intensity.
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A warm and dry vintage, with cold nights and bright sunny days; providing perfect growing conditions for Pinot Noir.
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1 or more bottles$75.00
Editors notes
The New Certan Pinot Noir is careful selection of only the best parcels across our Mount Pleasant Vineyard in Launceston. Mount Pleasant grows an ethereal Pinot noir of elegant intensity. A warm and dry vintage, with cold nights and bright sunny days; providing perfect growing conditions for Pinot Noir. Great tannin ripeness coupled with fruit intensity mark the 2018 vintage.
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Critic Scores & reviews
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Gary Walsh
95"(2017) It’s probably Pipers Brook, but a new wine, I think, from the Mount Pleasant vineyard. Best bottle image I could get, and apparently, ‘VERY LIMITED STOCK’. I love Vieux Chateau Certan, and I can only think it would be nice to get samples of that instead of a Pinot Noir. Red fruit, kind of pretty, but sappy and spicy too. Medium-bodied, lovely grip here, the tannin playing firm but fair, clean red fruits with just a touch of the autumnal, a charming clarity, and a particularly long and fine finish, orange peel in the aftertaste. This is a winner."
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James Halliday
95"(2017) The pink capsule is virtually a trademark of Vieux Chateau Certan in Pomerol, but this wine isn’t piracy, just a whimsical jest by the Belgian owners of each winery. This has a brilliantly clear, light crimson hue, and the precision and balance that this vineyard should have been providing long before Jim Chatto was appointed chief winemaker in Aug ‘17, but better late than never."
Other vintages
Love this wine? Here's a list of other vintages we have in stock if you'd like to try them as well.
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- Variety Pinot Noir
- Vintage 2017
- Brand Pipers Brook
- Cellaring 5-10 Years
- Wine Type Red
- Alcohol Percentage 13.8% Alcohol
Pipers Brook 'New Certan' Tasmanian Pinot Noir 2017-
Gary Walsh95 points
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James Halliday95 points
$95.00
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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.
Tasmania
Apart from being the most southerly wine region in Australia, Tasmania has among the coolest growing subregions with the potential to make distinctly different wines than in the rest of the country.
Most well known for cool-climate varietals like Pinot noir and Chardonnay (thus sparkling too), Sauvignon Blanc smaller plantings of Riesling, Cabernet and Pinot Gris (more commonly Pinot labelled Pinot Grigio)
Historically, Tasmania can lay claim to being the founder of both the Victorian and South Australian wine industries as William Henty sailed from Launceston to Portland (in Victoria) in 1834 and planted grape cuttings there. Though not conclusively proven, it's believed that John Hack planted vines in South Australia in 1837, closely followed in 1838 by John Reynell.
Warmer vintages (possibly attributable to global warming) has had positive effects on region's industry, allowing grapes in recent vintages to achieve full phenolic ripeness, making for vibrant wines that have been widely accepted as world class.
Coal River
The Coal River Valley wine region lies in the south of Tasmania, an easy 15 minutes drive outside of Hobart. It's the apple isle's fastest growing wine region, with almost a fifth of all Tasmanian wines grown there. The region is known for producing superior wines grown over some of the most fertile soil around.
The elements of rainfall, sunshine hours, number of rain days, temperature and overall humidity coalesce and culminate in cool climate conditions ideally suited to growing particular varietals. Predominantly in the reds, the region, as with much of Tasmania has an affinity for making top Pinot Noir however Cabernet, Merlot and some superb Shiraz have been known to emerge from the Coal River Valley too. In the whites, Chardonnay, Riesling and Sauvignon Blanc lead the charge with lesser amounts of Gewurztraminer grown there too. The dense, Pinot Noirs produced in the Coal River Valley region typically have more weight than their New Zealand counterparts with distinct savory notes not unlike the great red Burgundies. They've enamored many a visitor and will continue to do so as premium winemakers flock to the region.
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