Description
If you want to understand just how far Orange has come as a Pinot region, pour a glass of this.
Hill Park is the home block for Tom Ward and the team at Swinging Bridge, planted over 20 years ago, and now delivering some of the best fruit in the district. This wine is a selection of the best barrels from the best clones in the vineyard, grown high on the slopes of Mt Canobolas at 900m elevation.
The 2022 vintage was a tricky one, cool and wet right through, but the vineyard work here is on another level. It's gifted Tom a Pinot that’s all bright red fruit and spice, with that lovely lift and energy you only get from properly cool sites. There’s elegance, freshness, a little flint and spice from the oak, and that classic Aussie bushland edge - think raspberry leaf, strawberry gum, and just a hint of eucalyptus. It’s not trying to be Burgundy, it’s just a beautiful expression of high-altitude, NSW Pinot made with ambition.
Swinging Bridge has become a benchmark in the region for Pinot Noir, and this release shows exactly why. A serious wine here with a real regional identity.
96 points
"A parade on the senses, the 2022 flagship pinot noir shows up with pomegranate, hibiscus and red raspberry, leading into a charcuterie board of sliced meats. Pink peppercorn-crusted pastrami, wild baby tomatoes and baked clay. The palate weight is sturdy but ethereal with a sour cherry note to the fruit spectrum followed by a density of flavour that continues long after the glass has settled on the table. An interplay between succulent acidity, fine tannins and exquisite cool climate fruit. Marvelous."
- Shanteh Wale (Halliday Wine Companion)
Customer Reviews
| Price Bracket | $51 to $100 |
| Type | Red |
| Body | Light Bodied |
| Variety | Pinot Noir |
| Country | Australia |
| Region | Orange |
| Australian State | NSW |
| Feature |
High Score |
| Reviewed By |
The Real Review Halliday Wine Companion |
| Critic Score |
96 95 |
| Size | 750ml |
| Vintage | 2022 |
| Closure | Screw Cap |
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