Farr Rising Pinot Noir 2023

Farr Rising Pinot Noir 2023Nick Farr began his apprenticeship under his father, the redoubtable Gary Farr. Life is never easy for the son of a famous winemaker, but Nick's career has flourished and in 2020 he was named Gourmet Traveller Wine Winemaker of the Year, having been previously nominated back in 2013. The baton has been passed and he has taken over the reins of winemaking at By Farr from Gary. In addition, he introduced the Farr Rising range of wines when he planted

the engine

which is so well-suited to producing great wines

Adrian's first foray with a Mediterranean variety

on the right dirt

full-throttle regional-style chardonnay

it is always a fancy location somewhere and also always includes great champagne to kick off the day as Gago is fanatical about the world’s best bubbles – the then current chairman or CEO of whichever corporate entity was then the owner of Penfolds attended the day

A great RWT

crushed oyster shells

It feels as though it’s desperate to rush forward but it holds itself back until it gets to the finish

but the most powerful wine in the Penfolds stable – officially Bin 95 – is nevertheless becoming increasingly more approachable in recent vintages

reflecting the very low yields and the care and attention given to them by Ron Laughton

layers of spice and integrated oak