“The Jim Jim’ is a small mountain, elevation 750m, just near the famous Hanging Rock in the Macedon Ranges Wine Region of Victoria. It is cold by world viticultural standards, producing wines that have a lot in common with the cooler regions of France and New Zealand and bearing little similarity to those of the warmer parts of Australia where this variety is often grown.
The Macedon Ranges is very well regarded for its pinot noir. Traditionally we felt that we were a little too cold for table Pinot Noir. In 2008 we decided to plant some early ripening clones to ensure that we could. Today we are ecstatic with the results.
The 2019 vintage was warmer and dryer than average. This means that the wine has a richness and length to it, underpinned by wonderful structure and tannins. The wine was fermented in open fermenters, pigaged (plunged with feet) twice a day and then spent 12 months in a mixture of new and old French oak.
This wine is a very limited, very special product. Only the best barrels of the best plots of Pinot Noir in our Jim Jim (estate) vineyard go into the making of this product. There were 172 dozen made.
Colour: Crimson- purple in colour with a light plum hue.
Nose: A mixture of lifted floral aromas with an abundance of red berries and a hint of cedar.
Palate: The wine shows layers of complexity. It's opulent on the pallet with floral notes and berry undertones, mixed with a structural, mouth filling element. The supple, silky tannins and texture from the whole bunch ferment make this wine very varietal and complex. This wine will age well.
