2020 Hurley Vineyard Hommage Pinot Noir

Floral and ripe, this is another stellar Pinot from the fine folks at Hurley in Mornington

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The Hurley Vineyard Hommage Pinot Noir is a nod to the winemaking families of the past, offering a beautiful beverage to the wine drinkers of the present (and future).

The vineyard is only 0.8 hectares, planted in 1998-99, predominantly clone G5V15 and a smattering of MV6. The pocket of the vineyard where the vines grow is warm and bright, which is translated into full and rich flavours. It is incredibly complex to the nose and tongue, with plums, mulberries and blueberries over a dark core of forest floor savouriness.

The mouthfeel and tannin are firm and velvety, amounting to a truly delicious and age-worthy wine.

Hommage comprises 0.8 ha of north-easterly aspect. It is warm and bright, but its terroir is softened by the little corner pocket in which it sits. It is the child in-between. Because it is inclined to abundant growth and fruitfulness, we work hard in this vineyard. Bunch thinning is extensive. But the pace of growth is even, and there always seems to be time to do what needs to be done. It is 95% G5V15 (there are a few rows of MV6). Clone G5V15 is used extensively in the New World. It came to Australia from Wadenswil in Switzerland via the University of California at Davis, just as it did to Oregon and New Zealand. It is the clearly the best of the first generation clones to be used on the Mornington Peninsula. Hommage was 60% planted in 1998 and 40% in 1999.

92 Points - "Medium-depth red colour with a tint of purple in the rim. The bouquet is quiet and reserved, with a meaty-charcuterie overtone, traces of Campari and pepper later. Dried herbs and undergrowth emerge. The fruit is of medium intensity, while the tannins form a skein of texture and grip at the finish that drives the palate on and contributes to its persistence. This would benefit from a little cellar time, I suspect." Huon Hooke (The Real Review)

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