Recent Pinot Noir Reviews

2022 La Roccia Single Block Pinot Noir

1. James Suckling Top 100 #1 Wine in Australia - 99 points
2. The World of Fine Wine, Sarah Ahmed (UK) - 96+ points
3. The Wine Front, Campbell Mattison - 94+ points
4. Halliday Wine Companion, Dave Brookes - 95 points

"[La Roccia]'s a structured wine with complex spice, twig and undergrowth characters on display but the boldness of the fruit pushes through and keeps the focus where it should be. Glorious Pinot Noir fruit, rich and fresh at once. There’s a slightly forestry aspect to the aromatics and noteworthy finesse to the tannin. Lubiana’s pinots often walk a confident line between fruit-forward and fruit-backward and this wine is the perfect example of that, in the best of ways."  Campell Mattison - The Wine Front

2022 Ruscello Single Block Pinot Noir

1. James Suckling, Ryan Montgomery - 96 points
2. The World of Fine Wine, Sarah Ahmed (UK) - 95 points
3. The Wine Front, Campbell Mattison - 94 points
4. Halliday Wine Companion, Dave Brookes - 96 points

"[Ruscello] Perfumed and lifted aromas of dark cherries, Damson plums, cocoa, dried herbs and amaro liqueur. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins and bright acidity, giving notes of wild raspberries, pine resin, strawberries and lavender. Well balanced and vibrant, with a savory undertone coming from 100% whole cluster. Excellent."  Ryan Montgomery - James Suckling

2022 Il Giardino Single Block Pinot Noir

1. James Suckling, Ryan Montgomery - 95 points
2. The World of Fine Wine, Sarah Ahmed (UK) - 96+ points
3. The Wine Front, Campbell Mattison - 95 points
4. Halliday Wine Companion, Dave Brookes - 96 points

"[Il Giardino] wonderfully purely presented wine, savoury and perfectly balanced with a slow umami burn as it fades away. It's all wild strawberry and dark cherries with hints of exotic spice, turned leaves, mushroom broth, amaro, Chinese barbecue joint, dried citrus peel and peripheral gamey nuance. Powdered stony tannins, finishing dry and taut yet beautifully expressive; sour cherry, raspberry and strawberry as it trails slowly away"  Dave Brookes - Halliday Wine Companion

 

2022 Sasso Pinot Noir

1. Halliday Wine Companion, Dave Brookes - 96 points
2. The Wine Front, Mike Bennie - 94+ points
3. Wine Advocate, Erin Larkin - 95 points

"The 2022 Sasso is perfumed and gently dusty with raspberry, bramble, licorice, forest-floor complexity, pomegranate molasses and even a suggestion of game. In the mouth, the wine is smoky and ashy, which feels the product of green stems rather than fire, and within this context makes for engaging green peppercorn inflected drinking. It's a wine of individulaity and expression - distrinction. I believe this wine will age exceptionally well."   Erin Larkin - Robert Parker Wine Advocate