Deviation Road Pinot Noir 2010

Hamish Laurie continues a five-generation tradition started by his great-great grandmother, Mary Laurie, South Australia’s first female winemaker. Eighty per cent of the Pinot Noir fruit was destemmed. The remainder was whole bunched into open top fermenters where natural yeast began the transformation into wine. After fermentation it spent 10-12 months in French oak.
 
Bright, lifted strawberry, mushroom and earth/forest floor aromas precede a palate showing its cool vintage/climate origins. It’s quite Burgundian in structure with elevated acidity, but has a ripe fruit core. A delicate style with fine tannins and savoury length.