2013 Scorpo Estate Pinot Noir

Scorpo

Australia / Mornington Peninsula / Scorpo

Ruby red, with a dynamic bouquet embracing the sweet earthiness of clove, kola nut and mushroom along with a strawberry-rhubarb fruitiness. A lush and deep expression of pinot noir, this beguiling wine possesses a lengthy, powerful finish with firm graphite tannin.

July, 2015

Campbell Mattinson

Halliday Wine Companion 2016

96 points

A standout release. Generosity of perfume and fruit is exemplary, though there is certainly no lack of acid or tannin structure. Foresty dark cherries, plum, spices, meaty oak, perhaps even fennel. The overall effect is thoroughly gorgeous.

February, 2015

Campbell Mattinson

The Wine Front

95 Points

I tasted through most of the latest Scorpo releases today and came away mightily impressed. You never know with the fall of vintages but it felt like the quality had gone up a gear. This pinot noir is a beauty. It’s plush and fruit-generous but kempt in all respects. It tastes of dark cherries, plum, foresty berries and meaty oak, and has an undercurrent of those dried, minty, leafy spices so common to Australian red wine. It’s light and fragrant yet powerful; most of all, it’s irresistibly seductive.

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About Scorpo

Scorpo has for some time sat comfortably within the highest rank of Australian cool-climate winegrowers, quietly composing excellent wines and steadily raising the bar year upon year. The planning, planting, nurturing and honing of the vineyard absorb the attention of trained horticulturist and landscape architect Paul Scorpo. The process of perfecting the site continues, with closer plantings and more precise clonal selections the latest developments. The vineyard rolls over red/brown, clay-rich soils derived from tertiary Eocene volcanics dating back about 40 million years. The vines are planted at an altitude of between 70 and 100m on a north- to northeast-facing slope with a 10% gradient. It’s a brilliant suntrap with ideal drainage to slowly grow and ripen grapes. The celebrated Pinot Gris is planted both here and on the other side of the ridge - the southwest-exposed slope towards Port Phillip Bay. The wines are consistently imbued with nuance, depth and texture. They are wines which - without ever raising their voice - resonate equally with the mind and senses.

About

Fine wine is in the Scorpo blood, stretching across generations and geography – from Sicily to Sardinia and now Australia. Paul has worked for over 25 years as a horticulturalist and landscape architect, and this professional and personal connection to the land has instilled the importance of care and consideration for environments at Scorpo Wines. The Scorpo family has a strong connection to their vineyard – the unique land, soil and climate are what enable them to produce distinctive wines with a sense of place. Paul and wife Caroline searched for four years to find the ideal site for their vineyard. Having extensively researched the Mornington Peninsula’s cool, maritime microclimates, they realised that this area was the perfect place for their project. Now this family is making the most of this heritage by growing premium grapes to express their beloved pocket of the peninsula.