2025 Pinot Noir is now available.

Wine notes compiled by winemaker Brian Franklin.

 

2025 Pinot Noir.

Harvested in late April after a cold soak and primary fermentation this wine spent 14 months in French oak barrels at 12 degrees C. It went through malolactic fermentation naturally last summer. 

Only just bottled, the nose is showing pure Pinot fruit and complexity from the natural yeast. This will develop in bottle to give the typical AGV magic.

On the palate the wine shows an elegance and sophistication that you would normally only see in Cru Burgundy. There is clarity and persistence from the fruit and the textured tannins that will make this wine one of our best Pinots. An intriguing richness to the mouth feel and the finish. 

Also, don’t forget the 2025 Chardonnay. It is developing beautifully in bottle.

 

2025 Chardonnay.

This would have to be one of the best chardonnays to come from Apsley Gorge vineyard.

There is a clean, pure, varietal chardonnay nose, hinting at the richness that comes with that initial taste. This is what great chardonnay is all about. Chardonnay, the queen of all great white wines.

Some subtle French oak underlying a textured mouthfeel that doesn’t end.

The purity, the expression, the complexity. Only just bottled this wine has amazing potential considering the fruit/acid balance it has now.

I can’t stop drinking it.

 

2024 Pinot Noir Magnums.

On pouring the first thing you notice is the colour. A deep ruby red, full of promise. This wine is not fined or filtered, yet it  is bright and crystal clear.

The nose, mysterious and deep with underlying ripe pinot fruit. No bracken or green character here.

The palate has a textured entry, mouth filling and rich.  The long, persistant  finish has just enough acid to really make this wine sing. Sit back and enjoy the performance.

 

2025 Pinot Noir Magnums.

See the notes for the 2025 Pinot Noir.

 

 

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