Description
Vaughn Dell and Linda Morice purchased the tiny 2 hectare Golders Vineyard in Pipers River in 2005 and re-named it Sinapius Vineyard. At the ripe old age of 24, Vaughn and Linda knew that their home state of Tasmania would provide Australia’s finest cool climate Pinot Noir and Chardonnay in the future. Originally planted 20 years ago to Chardonnay and Pinot Noir they have added two new sections with updated clones of both varieties, plus a little Grüner Veltliner to play around with. Both sections are ultra-close planted at 7700 and 10250 vines/ha respectively. The aim here is low bunch weights and yields per vine, like Burgundy, rather than tonnes per acre. Only perfectly ripe fruit is harvested with great care taken in the vineyard right down to removing the ‘ears’ from Pinot Noir bunches to ensure even ripeness.
Vaughn is a vigneron in the true sense doing all the work from pruning through to bottling with fanatical attention to detail. Production will not go beyond 1000 dozen, even with the sourcing of small parcels from other local vineyards that Vaughn leases and works himself.
Pipers River has a long reputation of outstanding Pinot Noir and the wines Vaughn sensitively crafts are as akin to fine Burgundy as they are Tasmanian Pinot Noir.
We were hugely impressed with their Pinot noir ( well actually we were impressed with their entire lineup of wines during a recent visit) …. we reckon it won’t be long before they are recognised as one of Australia’s best artisan producers.
Jancis Robinson described the wines of Sinapius on her recent visit to Tasmania as having “intensity that transcends the norm”
From the winery: “This wine is already displaying such potential in its youth, with great structure and depth. It has a complex bouquet of pure ripe red fruits, with sweet wood smoke and floral rose petal aromas. The palate is silky and persistent; showing mingled red berry fruits, fine spice and long chalky tannins on the finish.
Be patient as this wine is still very young – otherwise if you can’t resist, it will benefit from decanting.”
This 2015 from Tamar reminds us of good Chevrey Chambertin ! RRP $65
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