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“A distinctive nose that is deeply fruited, very integrated and with its own distinctive story – characteristic of the first few bottlings from MacMuir. The palate also comes over as typically bold: deep, distinguished, but urging that it wants to be put away for a while. The heavy soils of MacMuir contribute to the alluring texture and depth of tannins – completely countering its younger vine origins. A new level of maturity from this vineyard, signalling what is to come in future vintages.
be gently destemmed directly into open-top fermenters without pumping, retaining 25% as whole clusters. Traditional fermentation with a moderately long maceration on skins has extracted good colour and tannin with considerable depth of flavour. This wine was aged for 13 months in 25% new French oak barrels from artisan Burgundian coopers. In accordance with our non-interventionalist approach to winemaking, this wine was fermented with indigenous yeast and malolactic, and was not fined or filtered.”
Rated Outstanding & 97/100 Cameron Douglas MS, November 2024 (2023 Vintage)
“I really do feel that these Pinot Noir vines love the soil they grow in, there’s a lovely core of fruit and sense of site, the bouquet is alluring, new and vibrant. Scents of dark berries and baking spices, clay and dry earth, some dark roses and black cherry. A very taut frame as the wine touches the palate, tannins are ripe and in abundance, acidity brings in mouthfeel and freshness, flavours and salinity. A delicious and complex wine with a quiver and vibrato, it just needs cellar time with best drinking from 2030 through 2040+.”
93/100 Gary Walsh, The Wine Front, October 2024 (2023 Vintage)
“Sage and stuffing, cherry and raspberry, kind of minty and squishy in red fruit and cherry, a dusty and grainy grip to tannin, quite some ripe orange tang to acidity, bacon and smoked things, with a finish of good length. Nice wine. Bacon bones is a thing here, but lots of character too.”
Reviews for previous vintages below…
5 Stars Michael Cooper (2022 Vintage)
“The second, 2022 vintage was hand-harvested in the MacMuir Vineyard – 1 kilometre east of Elms Vineyard – and matured for 13 months in French oak barrels (25 per cent new). Bottled unfined and unfiltered, it has deep, youthful colour. A distinctive red, powerful, sturdy and weighty, it is concentrated and vibrant, with very ripe cherry, plum and spice flavours, good tannin backbone, and obvious potential for long-term cellaring. Best drinking 2027+.”
5 Stars & 96/100 Bob Campbell MW, The Real Review, August 2022 (2021 Vintage)
“It’s an intense wine with a complex mix of fruit, floral and savoury flavours including violet, dark cherry, and chocolate/mocha. A richly textured red with a backbone of sweet, ripe tannins that linger long after the wine has been swallowed. High alcohol (14.5%) but the wine can certainly handle it. Collectors and investors please note: this is the first release of a new label.”
