Ashton Hills Pinot Noir Piccadilly Valley 2020

Decanter

Vivacious with strong, deliberate variants in cherry flavour and texture – a lively, bossy string quartet in full flight. Acidity drives the back palate to a shrill, high final note that persists. Quite an opus for an immediately approachable and likeable wine.

James Halliday

Created from estate fruit trickled down from higher-end wines, as well as from a few Valley neighbours. Woody forest notes weave their aromatic feel through the black cherry fruits, a decent portion (40%) of whole bunches showing its stemmy impact. Bright and breezy, with the house style’s even tannins.

James Suckling

A fresh, fragrant pinot with such alluring perfume and bright strawberries and red cherries on offer. Bright and fine on the palate with zesty pink and red-berry flavors that really pop. This is an ethereal wine and shows a definite step in the direction of elegance at Ashton Hills. Great value, too.

Winewherever, Rasmus Christensen

Piccadilly Valley’s tågede og højtliggende vinmarker er specielt velegnede til Pinot Noir. Og man kan godt fornemme, at der er en vis kølighed i denne vin. Samtidig er den godt matchet af modne røde frugter, urter, svampe. Alt sammen med en charmerende imødekommenhed.

Mad og Monopolet

Pinot Noir fra Australien? Well let's take it down under. Områder ved Ashton Hills Pinot Noir er perfekt til Pinot Noir, de ligger nemlig højt og er ofte omgivet af tåge, som køler druerne tilpas ned til, at der kommer den syre og kompleksitet, der skal til, for at det hele går op i en højere endhed. I næsen har den noter af saftige jordbær, kirsebær, svampe, skovbund og nelliker. I munden er den helt smooth, fyldig og med lette tanniner. I stilen minder den en kende om Bourgogne, men er alligevel sin helt egen. Et flot glas til prisen. (vurderet ved en tilbudspris på kr. 179,95)

The Real Review

Light to medium ruby-red core, with a brick-red tint to the rim. Red cherry, bay leaf and crumbly clay aromas. Medium-weight but lashings of red cherry intensity. That settles into a savoury dry herb and charred meat complexity. Flows long and silky into a tannin driven dry finish.

The Wine Front

Strawberry and blackberry, plenty of spice, smoky wet leaves, or something of that ilk. It’s light and fresh, juicy and sappy strawberry, good crunch and freshness, rhubarb and more spice, fine emery tannin, and a savoury finish of good length. Lots of interest and drinking appeal. I’d say it’s at its best now, and over the next couple of years.

Wine Pilot

A pale almost transparent cranberry hue does not disguise the hidden power here. The wine is wonderfully fragrant with roses and apple blossoms but also with a kaleidoscope of fresh red fruits; raspberries, cranberries, wild strawberries. The perfume and light impact of oak spice like cardamon and clove offer complexity and interest. The flavour delivery across the palate is fresh and lively even if a touch warm, nonetheless delicious and enticing.

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