Bay of Fires Pinot Noir 2019

At Bay of Fires Winery their philosophy on Pinot Noir production is to preserve to bottle the essential characteristics of the vineyard fruit and create the highest quality blend from subregional Tasmania. Gentle handling of the fruit and wine help to achieve this, while restrained winemaking assists in developing the complexity of the final blend.  Several of the vineyards they source Pinot Noir from were planted at carefully selected sites. These are now developing in maturity, which translates to better balance and depth of flavour in their wines.

The 2019 Bay of Fires Pinot Noir exemplifies this development showing richness and elegance that is so desirable from cool climate Tasmania. For this vintage we saw the majority of fruit coming from the East Coast across 3 regional vineyards, but also from the Tamar Valley for the first time in several vintages. This wine will yield amazing results from the cellar, but typically sells out in a short timeframe.

The perfume of this wine is very complex. Sweet ripe strawberry fruit feature with Chinese spice from MV6 clone vineyards and whole bunch influence – star anise, cinnamon plum blossom. Although elegant and supple, the wine shows remarkable power, intensity and length on the palate. Framed by ripe, moderate tannin the graceful sweet strawberry fruit is complemented but not dominated by spice.