2021 By Farr Sangreal Pinot Noir

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Ethereal Pinot Noir from one of the great Pinot producers in Australia.
4.8
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
4 Reviews

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Sangreal is the oldest of the By Farr Pinot Noir vineyards.

The single vineyard wine from this special site the most perfumed and delicate of the By Farr releases each year. The different soil profile and North-South aspect of the plantings bring intense perfume and 'prettiness' to the fruit each year.

A finer-boned Pinot Noir than perhaps the Geelong region is famous for, this wine has been loved by collectors for many years. This year sees an excellent release of this iconic wine. It's a pure, ethereal expression of the vineyard: rosy, perfumed and delicate.

One that will reward the patient for many years to come.

"It’s a gorgeous wine, in short. It has variation, length and line, within a controlled context."
- 95 pts, Campbell Mattinson (The Wine Front)

"A pinot of succulence and deliciousness."
- 96 pts, Huon Hooke (The Real Review)

Each year the same descriptive notes come to mind for this wine: seductive, perfumed, seamless balance and moreish. It is a site that wavers very little in more difficult vintages and excels in the great ones—this is the backbone of By Farr wines. The alluring characters of this vineyard, combined with red fruits, whole bunch, acidity and oak, have produced a beautifully interwoven expression of site and vintage. That’s what it’s all about.

Sangreal is consistently made with 70 per cent whole bunch and aged in 70 percent new oak. It is fermented in a five-tonne oak barrel with an open-top fermenter, and cold soaked for four days before a natural fermentation of seven to nine days. Once the cap falls, the tank is pressed. The wine is racked only once after malolactic fermentation, then sulphured and bottled, the entire process taking a total of 18 months. The wine is unfined and unfiltered in order to retain its natural flavour and bouquet. Sangreal is the most seamless and perfumed of the three single-vineyard pinots.

Region: Geelong, VIC
Blend: Pinot Noir (100%)
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Closure: 750ml
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96 points - "Deep-ish red with a rim of purple and a very complex and fragrant bouquet which encompasses violets, iodine, cherries, spicy whole-bunch nuances and balsamic herbs. There is succulent sweet fruit in the mid-palate followed by drying savoury tannins that cleanse the finish. Very long carry and excellent concentration. A pinot of succulence and deliciousness." - Huon Hooke (The Real Review)

95 points - "This is a particularly firm expression of Sangreal Pinot Noir. It plays all its usual flavours and scents – undergrowth, tangerine, twiggy herb and general bunch influence, red/black cherry, a sweep of smoky-sweet oak, and a general spiciness. But it’s the firmness of the tannin this year that really pulls the room together, and adds command to its assorted flings and arrows. It’s a gorgeous wine, in short. It has variation, length and line, within a controlled context." - Campbell Mattinson (The Wine Front)

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Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
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4 reviews
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    Rhys C.
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    1 year ago
    Wine Knowledge Level Enthusiast
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    By Farr the best Pinot by farrrr

    Loved it in years past, it’s in the cellar so I’ll keep to myself here.

    TasteRated 5.0 on a scale of 1 to 5
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    Value for MoneyRated 3.0 on a scale of 1 to 5
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    ADAM R.
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    2 years ago
    Wine Knowledge Level Cork Dork
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Given time, one of the best Pinots in Australia

    Needs time but will be a delightful Pinot in 4-6 years.

    TasteRated 5.0 on a scale of 1 to 5
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    Value for MoneyRated 4.0 on a scale of 1 to 5
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    Philip P.
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    4 years ago
    Wine Knowledge Level Beginner
    Rated 4 out of 5 stars
    Excellent and cellarable

    Such a drinkable wine and hard to keep hands off

    TasteRated 5.0 on a scale of 1 to 5
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    Sang J.
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    4 years ago
    Wine Knowledge Level Enthusiast
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Fantastic Pinot's

    By Farr probably makes one of the best Pinot Noir's in Australia and the 2016 Sangreal is one that further solidifies this! Lovely vintage and can't get this quality for this price too!

    TasteRated 5.0 on a scale of 1 to 5
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By Farr

Gary Farr is one of the most iconic winemakers in Victoria, or indeed, the country. He was responsible for taking Bannockburn in Geelong to the startling heights it reached as one of the benchmark producers of Burgundian varieties in the country. His own label, By Farr, is quite simply one of Australia's finest producers.

The Farr vineyards are based in the Moorabool Valley in Geelong, with a wide array of ancient soils resulting in small yields of incredibly intensely flavoured Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Shiraz and Viognier. With Gary's son Nick now making the wines, as well as taking his own Farr Rising label to monumental heights, this is a project set to dominate Geelong wine for years to come.

If you want to see one of the country's great winemaking families at work, anything by the Farrs will be one of the best examples of its kind in the country. Sheer class, guaranteed.

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