Decanter | D 94
Published: Mar 6, 2024
Drink: 2025-2032

From a cool vintage, this Pinot is grown on low-vigour stony soils and was matured in new and old French oak for 10 months. There's lovely purity of red berry and cherry fruit on the nose, woven through with earthier savoury and spice hints. That savoury nuance persists on the elegant palate, alongside delicate raspberry and red cherry notes, with fine tannins and a whisper of smoke that emphasises the peristent mineral character. Still young, this will age beautifully.

Closure: Cork
Alcohol: 13.50%
Body: Medium
Oak: Oaked
Grapes: 100% Pinot Noir / Pinot Nero

Jamessuckling.com | JS 93
Published: Aug 9, 2024

A tight, spicy and savory pinot noir that has aromas of herbal tea, citrus rind, rust, cranberries and wild mushrooms. It’s medium-bodied, firm and well framed. Long and focused. Try from 2025.

Hamiltonrussellvineyards.com

Our low-vigour, stony, clay-rich soil, cool maritime mesoclimate, naturally tiny yields of well under 35 hl/ha and our philosophy of expressing our terroir in our wines – give rise to a certain tightness, tannin line and elevated length to balance the richness and generosity of our Pinot noir. Our Pinot noir is not overtly fruity, soft and "sweet" and it generally shows hints of that alluring savoury "primal" character along with a dark, spicy, complex primary fruit perfume.

Soil: Low-vigour, stony, clay-rich, shale-derived soil 
Alcohol: 13.52% Acid: 5.62 g/l pH: 3.65 Residual Sugar: 1.60 g/l
Barrel Ageing: 10 Months
Wooding: 100% 228 litre French Oak Barrels Tight Grain: 100%
1st fill: 31% 2nd fill: 31% 3rd fill: 30% 4th fill:  8%
Hamilton Russell Vineyards Toast
French Coopers: Francois Freres 100%
Yield: 4.50 tons/ha, 27.90 hl/ha Production: 2854 cases of 12 bottles equivalent
Release date – March 2024
Vegan Friendly