Tasting notes for our wines

2009 Pinot Nouveau

   Whisson Lake Pinot Nouveau is the uplifted essence of Pinot Noir, bottled soon after harvest for intense fruit vibrancy. Like all Whisson Lake wines, Pinot Nouveau is made entirely from Pinot Noir grapes (we only grow Pinot Noir) sourced from our high altitude vineyard at Carey Gully, deep in the heart of the Adelaide Hills.SOLD OUT! Grapes for Pinot Nouveau 2010 will be picked in the next week or so (week commencing 15 March 2010) and the wine, we hope, will be ready for bottling by June 2010. RRP$25

2008 Black Label

The 2008 Black Label "Pinot Noir" replaces "Pinot Gaz", of which the last vintage was 2006 - but the style objective remains the same: high quality, estate-grown Pinot Noir for early drinking. And 2008 provided exactly the kind of hot weather that favours the making of such wine. The fruit characteristics in this 2008 are exotically ripe with black fruit coulis replacing the cooler year black cherry aromas. Also making a hot-year appearance are notes of coconut and vanilla. The palate has a liqueur-like viscosity but the trademark Whisson Lake tannin structure pulls tight and dry on the finish to make this still a good companion to the richer meats such as lamb and duck. Or try in simple combination with spiced charcuterie for a deluxe ploughman's snack! SOLD OUT! Black Label 2009 will be bottled and ready for sale in April 2010. RRP$30.

2007 White Label

Our 2007 White Label is an unashamedly Old World wine destined for the true Pinot fanatics. Where the 2005s were a cornucopia overflowing with sensuous ripe fruit, in 2007 it is Pinot Noir’s savoury personality that comes to the fore. The aromas are from the earthy and mineral end of the spectrum and they take you on an odyssey through the dark side of Pinot Noir - blackberries, truffle, earth, forest floor: this is as deep and dark as Pinot gets!. The palate is taught as a violin string and the tannins build to a firm crescendo. The alcohol is low and the acid deliberate. It is a wine that will unwind the full breadth of it's personality over the next ten years. Only for Pinot aficionado’s... Sold out! White Label 2009 is going into bottle today! (18.4.2010). Tasting notes to follow.

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