TWO RIVERS TRIBUTARY PINOT NOIR 2022

Winery notes (2022 Vintage)
"This wine displays a ripe Black Doris plum aroma with lifted cherry, wild berry, and forest floor characters, with a hint of tobacco box. The palate is elegantly structured with a satisfyingly grainy texture, good depth, and a complex savory character.

The grapes were hand picked and underwent wild fermentation, with 15% whole-bunch for an increased lift in aromatics and structure. The wine was then aged in 4,500L French oak cuves for 11 months. Unfiltered and Unfined."

Reviews for the 2021 vintage below…

5 Stars & 95/100 Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, May 2022 (2021 Vintage)
"Gorgeously stylish and refined, the wine shows dark cherry, floral, thyme, toasted almond and warm mushroom aromas, leading to a wonderfully concentrated palate that's juicy and silky. Classically structured by loads of fine-grained tannins, making it sturdy and persistent. At its best: 2023 to 2033."

Rated Outstanding & 95/100 Cameron Douglas MS, June 2022 (2021 Vintage)
"Lovely complexity and density in the bouquet, layers of red berry fruit aromas woven between spices and mineral scents, soil and moderately toasty barrel and lees complexities. Flavours flow through to the palate carrying texture and a core of fruit along the way. The mouthfeel touches the whole palate with an abundance of tannins and acidity wrapped in red berry flavours, wood spices and a stony mineral quality. A delicious wine, youthful and taut, textured and dry. Best in your cellar till 2024 then drink through 2029+."

5 Stars Michael Cooper (2021 Vintage)
"Offering great value, the delicious 2021 vintage is a single-vineyard, Southern Valleys red, hand-harvested from 17-year-old vines, matured for 11 months in French oak cuves (4,500 litres), and bottled unfined and unfiltered. Deep ruby, it is fragrant, mouthfilling and very finely textured, with concentrated, ripe cherry, plum and spice flavours, savoury notes, and a lovely balance of complexity and approachability. Full of youthful drive, it's a 'seamless' wine, for drinking now or cellaring."

5 Stars & 18.5+/20 (94) Candice Chow, Raymond Chan Reviews, June 2022 (2021 Vintage)
"Lightly hazy, deep ruby-red with a purple hue, lighter on the rim. The nose is full, with a sense of purity; aromas of plums and black cherries interweave fresh dark herbs, violet and spice. Medium-full bodied, plums and black cherries melded with violet, thyme and liquorice, unveiling cinnamon, cloves and creamy barrel details. The mouthfeel possesses a fine grip of tannin extraction and provides a silky frame, lingering with broody herbaceousness. The fruit has concentration and a complex range of flavours, shining with purity. This is an honest Pinot Noir features fruit's purity, broody herbaceous elements and a fine-textured palate. Match with herb-crusted rack of lamb and wild boar over the next 5-7 years. Fruit from Southern Valleys, wild-fermented with 30% whole bunch to 13% alc, aged in 4,500L French oak cuves for 11 months. Unfined, unfiltered, vegan friendly."