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Sailor Seeks Horse Pinot Noir 2020

$62.99

LAST of this Vintage. Fine Tassie pinot from a cult grower and cool, low yielding vintage.

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Description

This tiny vineyard is one of Australia’s most southerly located in the Huon valley in southern Tasmania. Paul and Gilli Lipscombe own the vineyard and make the wines and both have considerable vineyard and winemaking experience behind them including winning the Jimmy Watson trophy for Home Hill where they have been the winemakers in recent years. From working together in the Languedoc to New Zealand, Oregon and Margaret River they spent a lot of time researching and considering the best possible vineyard site with the aim  to produce Australia’s best Pinot Noir and Chardonnay finally settling on this ideal north facing vineyard which is sheltered from the prevailing south-westerly winds. Best described as a warm site within a cool climate, the soil is free-draining quartz inflicted mudstone soil over clay. The vineyard is planted to a large variety of Dijon clones as well as numerous other clones planted by the previous owners and all vineyard work is done as organically as possible. In 2019 a new planting including some Trousseau has been made on the steep north-west facing slope beside the main vineyard block.

So to the name, where does that come from? Paul & Gilli Lipscombe explain … “There was a handwritten sign on the wall at the Red Velvet Lounge in Cygnet, our local coffee and cake respite from the Tasmanian weather. It said, “Sailor Seeks Horse” and went on to explain that the author had sailed solo around the world and ridden across the US from coast to coast and back again…on a mule. He’d then decided he wanted to travel around Tasmania by horse but didn’t have one. So, was there anyone who would lend him one? If they didn’t have a horse then a pony would do. It was an idea that resonated with us. Here we were, trying to do something a little bit crazy, without much money and requiring a little bit of help to get to where we wanted to be.”

About the 2020 vintage The Pinot Noirs we love display a delicate balance between red and dark fruits, high-toned aromatics, layered depth and verve. It’s something we hope to achieve in our Pinots and is a combination of site and sensitive winemaking. Our winemaking philosophy is pretty simple. Listen to the fruit and let it guide you.

“2020 was a year of challenges for everyone but sometimes there’s a silver lining and we feel our 2020s display the characters of a cooler harvest and tiny yields. Intensity, purity and delicacy. With the cooler year we held back on using whole bunch as the fruit had naturally delicate florals. Very gentle plunging and extended time on skins post-ferment enabled the silky, supple tannins to be extracted and the full year on lees allowed the wine to find itself.

“Our fruit is usually picked in the latter half of April, which is late even for Tasmania but the long, mild days of autumn and the cold nights ensure we achieve flavour ripeness at low alcohol levels and retain the essence of all long-lived Pinot Noir, acidity.” Gilli and Paul Lipscombe 

Review for previous 2018 vintage .. 95 points, Halliday’s Wine Companion  “An elegant wine that highlights its cool climate credentials with cherry perfume spiked with pepper and juniper, all leading out onto a lean but not mean palate. Tannins supple, fine and savoury and the all important lively acidity. Feels effortless. Immediately delicious.”

Our Special Price $62.99 – Limited stock – last of this vintage!

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Producer

Sailor Seeks Horse

Region or Country

Australia, Tasmania

Variety

Pinot Noir

Vintage

2020

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