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Ashton Hills Piccadilly Valley Pinot Noir 2020

94 POINT RATED TONY LOVE 94 POINT RATED NICK STOCK AND 94 POINT RATED DAVID SLY DECANTER MAGAZINE

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94 POINT RATED TONY LOVE HALLIDAY WINE COMPANION
94 POINT RATED NICK STOCK JAMES SUCKLING
94 POINT RATED DAVID SLY DECANTER MAGAZINE
92 POINT RATED STAURT KNOX THE REAL REVIEW
92 POINT RATED GARY WALSH THE WINE FRONT

Specifications:

Vintage:	2020
Source/Region:	Piccadilly Valley, South Australia
Grape Variety:	Pinot Noir
Cellaring:	Drink now or cellar up to 2027
Bottle Top:	Stelvin
Alcohol Content:	13.50
Standard Drinks:	8.00
Rating:	94

Tasting Notes:

Juicy and red fruited, with a plush and supple palate. There is a hint of spice and fresh herbs from the whole bunch component and the mouthwatering natural acidity and fine tannins result in a textural and long lasting finish.

Technical:

The 2020 Piccadilly Valley Pinot Noir is a blend of fruit from a handful of grower vineyards around the Ashton Hills estate. Stephen George has taken great interest in applying his winemaking approach to parcels from elsewhere within the Piccadilly Valley and seeing how the wines compare with those from the Ashton Hills vineyard. The resulting blend benefits from varied fruit character and vineyard expression, while maintaining the fine tannin structure that is typical of the Ashton Hills style.

Flowering in Piccadilly Valley is relatively late owing to the cool climate, and we were lucky to flower during a warm window, however, combined with a dry season, yields were still compromised, as they were across the state. Although in short supply, quality was excellent and the clean fruit ripened in mild conditions showing good colour, flavour and concentration.

Grapes were handpicked, keeping individual clones separate in small open fermenters. Some whole bunch fruit (40%) was added to ferments, enhancing aromatics and structural complexity. Fermentation was initiated by indigenous yeast (wild ferment). Each clonal parcel was basket pressed and filled to seasoned French oak barriques with full solids. All barrels were kept on lees to build palate, body and complexity. They were racked and blended just prior to bottling.

Accolades & Awards:

94 Point Rated - Tony Love Halliday Wine Companion

"Created from estate fruit trickled down from higher-end wines, as well as from a few Valley neighbours. Woody forest notes weave their aromatic feel through the black cherry fruits, a decent portion (40%) of whole bunches showing its stemmy impact. Bright and breezy, with the house style's even tannins."

94 Point Rated - David Sly Decanter Magazine 2021

“Created from estate fruit trickled down from higher-end wines, as well as from a few Valley neighbours. Woody forest notes weave their aromatic feel through the black cherry fruits, a decent portion (40%) of whole bunches showing its stemmy impact. Bright and breezy, with the house style’s even tannins.”

94 Point Rated - Nick Stock James Suckling

“Vivacious with strong, deliberate variants in cherry flavour and texture – a lively, bossy string quartet in full flight. Acidity drives the back palate to a shrill, high final note that persists. Quite an opus for an immediately approachable and likeable wine.”

92 Point Rated - Stuart Knox The Real Review

"Light to medium ruby-red core, with a brick-red tint to the rim. Red cherry, bay leaf and crumbly clay aromas. Medium-weight but lashings of red cherry intensity. That settles into a savoury dry herb and charred meat complexity. Flows long and silky into a tannin driven dry finish."

92 Point - Rated Gary Walsh The Wine Front

"2020 was Liam Van Pelt’s second vintage at the controls at Ashton Hills. I think he did an excellent job with the 2019 vintage. The wines, for me at least, seemed finer and more lucid. Anyway, this gets an extra 10% whole bunch, up from the usual 30% due to lovely lignification of the stems. Apparently Piccadilly was spared from smoke taint issues this vintage. I often think Adelaide Hills Pinot is bought mainly by people who live in South Australia, though for sure, the wines seem to be getting better of late.

Strawberry and blackberry, plenty of spice, smoky wet leaves, or something of that ilk. It’s light and fresh, juicy and sappy strawberry, good crunch and freshness, rhubarb and more spice, fine emery tannin, and a savoury finish of good length. Lots of interest and drinking appeal. I’d say it’s at its best now, and over the next couple of years."

90 Point Rated - Simon Curkovic Wine Pilot

“A pale almost transparent cranberry hue does not disguise the hidden power here. The wine is wonderfully fragrant with roses and apple blossoms but also with a kaleidoscope of fresh red fruits; raspberries, cranberries, wild strawberries. The perfume and light impact of oak spice like cardamon and clove offer complexity and interest. The flavour delivery across the palate is fresh and lively even if a touch warm, nonetheless delicious and enticing.”