Bass Phillip Primium Pinot Noir 2016 - Gippsland Vic
Description
Bass Phillip estate is located at in South Gippsland, about 150 kilometres south-east of Melbourne. This small, 10 acre vineyard, established by Phillip Jones in 1979, has provided wines of depth and complexity since 1984 is rapidly acquiring a reputation not dissimilar to the great domains of Burgundy.
You don't assess pinot noir colour in the same way as any other red wine, but regardless of the method, this upstages the other three Bass Phillip Pinots with its greater depth. The complexity of the bouquet presents itself the moment you pick up the glass, plum, blood plum and a decadent whiff of charcuterie, the palate laying it all out in a three-dimensional display that defies gravity. The dark corners of the forest reveal more and more each time you return - vinomasochism. Drink by 2036.
97 points
James Halliday - Australian Wine Companion
