Garagiste Le Stagiaire Pinot Noir 2018
$28.99
Brilliant value Pinot Noir from Mornington’s brightest rising star!
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Description
Garagiste is definitely one of Mornington Peninsula’s brightest rising stars! Named in honour of the ‘Garagiste’ – ‘garage’ vintners of Bordeaux who thumbed their nose at the rigid traditions of chateaux, winemaker Barney Flanders makes succulent, finely tuned and elegantly crafted cool-climate Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Pinot Gris,highlighting the subtleties of the Peninsula’s different sub-regions with small batches of very limited and high quality wines. Fruit is sourced predominantly from highly prized Merricks Grove vineyard, Silverwood vineyard (Balnarring) and Hugh Robinson vineyard in Moorooduc. Since their first release in 2006 their wines are highly sought after, highly regarded and seem to be getting better every year!
The fruit for the La Stagiaire Pinot predominantly comes from Garagiste’s Balnarring and Tuerong vineyards, with a small proportion of Merricks and Red Hill. The grapes were sorted, destemmed – a small percentage of the Merricks portion was fermented with 100% whole bunches – and fermented in small open fermenters using indigenous yeast, minimal hand plunging, and the must/wine spent 25 days on skins. The wine was aged for ten months in 10% new hogsheads with the balance being raised in older hogsheads. Unfined and unfiltered.
This is brilliant value Mornington: super delicious, aromatic and sweetly fruited, showing an abundance of dark cherry, violets and poached plum aromas, with minerality and hints of campari and cinnamon spice complementing. On the palate – concentrated poached plums and cherries, dense, vibrant balanced acidity, fine textured tannins and balance btle spice on the finish. Another high-calibre and delicious Pinot from Mr Flanders.. be quick minuscule quantities made so it won’t be around long! This is brand new vintage so as yet unreviewed.
RRP $34
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Additional information
Producer | Garagiste |
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Variety | Pinot Noir |
Region or Country | Australia, Mornington Peninsula |
Vintage | 2018 |