Bay of Fires Pinot Noir 2012

Bay of Fires Pinot Noir 2012The 2012 Bay of Fires Pinot Noir, is by all accounts, the equal to if not better than its predecessor which won Best Wine of Show, Best Pinot Noir and Best Red Wine at the Royal Sydney Wine Show last year. Winemaker Peter Dredge believes the 2012 Pinot Noir is as good as they have ever made at Bay of Fires. "Black cherry and Satsuma plum are woven through French oak, with firm, but ripe, tannins underwriting its future; will gain layers of complexity

Cannibal Creek's philosophy is simple

with dark berry

Its delicate perfume of violets

with the delicious Merlot filling out the middle palate and thus complimenting the clean and classical Cabernet component of the wine

lingering tannins

To keep the wolves from the door he became winemaker at Stonier and over the next ten years

melon and stonefruit are enhanced by hints of smoke and bacon

a touch of silkiness – indeed a very classy and elegantly structured red with lingering liquorice and dark chocolate on the finish

Merlot and Cabernet

Plantings are of semillon

liquorice and dark chocolate abound in a palate of power

”  James Halliday