2020 Dalrymple, Pinot Noir, Pipers River, Tasmania, Australia
£29.25, farehamwinecellar.co.uk; £29.70, vinvm.co.uk; £27.99, slywinesdirect.uk; £33.95, nywines.co.uk
Hosting the London chapter of Pinot Noir Celebration Australia 2023 was a huge buzz. This deep dive into the glorious pinots from Down Under took place at the fantastic Michelin-one-star Trivet restaurant in London. The morning session was a ten-wine masterclass covering wines from Adelaide Hills, Tasmania, Geelong, Macedon Ranges, Yarra Valley, Gippsland and Mornington Peninsula, with non-stop comments and questions from the journalists, wine buyers, sommeliers, restaurateurs and bloggers. With wines from Curly Flat, Ocean Eight, Kooyong, Scotchmans Hill, Yering Station, Giant Steps, Fleet Wines, Shaw & Smith, Tapanappa, Ten Minutes by Tractor, Rob Dolan, Yabby Lake, Moorooduc, Tolopuddle, Mac Forbes, Paringa Estate and my featured Dalrymple, this was as indulgent and delicious…
