Moss Wood Margaret River Pinot Noir 2021

Colour and condition
Deep ruby hue; bright condition.

Nose
A bright combination of red and dark berries, including strawberry, cherry and plum, as well as musky, rose petal fragrances. The complex notes combine cinnamon, a touch of tar, and Lapsang Souchong-type spiciness with some light, toasty oak.

Palate
The red and dark fruits continue here and so the immediate impression is bright strawberry, cherry, plum and musk flavours.  These are underpinned by a balanced structure of fresh acid and firm but rounded tannin.  There is good length and the wine finishes with some smoky oak.

Cellaring

The 2023 Moss Wood Pinot Noir is a bright and friendly youngster, with lively fruit flavours and good balance and can certainly be enjoyed now.  However, like its many siblings, it has a long life ahead in the cellar, for those who are prepared to wait.  It should develop some bottle complexity by 10 years of age but full maturity will take at least 2 decades.  By then it will still display its red and dark fruits but will be much more complex, showing the variety’s famous earthy notes of mushroom, meat, farmyard and freshly turned soil.