{"product_id":"2023-swinging-bridge-hill-park-pinot-noir","title":"2023 Swinging Bridge Hill Park Pinot Noir","description":"\u003cp\u003eIf anyone still doubts Orange as serious Pinot country, the Hill Park Pinot Noir is the bottle we'd hand them. It's part of Swinging Bridge's Single Vineyard Series, the top of the range, made only when the season allows and only from the best barrels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHill Park is home for Tom Ward, high on the slopes of Mt Canobolas at around 900m. The 2023 season started cold and wet, with late budburst and small bunches, so the team spent spring opening up the canopy. Then January to March turned warm, and the Abel and 667 clones came off in late March with good ripeness and naturally low yields.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe fruit was destemmed gently to keep plenty of whole berries, cold-soaked for three days, then pressed to barrel to finish fermenting. Each clone stayed separate until the end, before the best barrels were picked out and given eight months in mostly puncheons, 20% new.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's pale and pretty in the glass, with hibiscus, raspberry, strawberry and red cherry, plus a touch of spice and soft, fine tannins. Light on its feet at 13%, but there's depth and length here - a high-altitude NSW Pinot with finesse and the structure to age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e96 points\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Careful – swoon and you’ll miss this wine, but swoon you most likely will... A wine of real pedigree.\"\u003cbr\u003e- Shanteh Wale (Halliday Wine Companion)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e","brand":"Swinging Bridge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68193575469099,"sku":"2023 Swinging Bridge Hill Park Pinot Noir","price":79.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2572\/9722\/files\/2022SwingingBridgeHillParkPinotNoir_4d172661-4b53-4fda-8a3c-1fe9f7c616bc.webp?v=1794529821","url":"https:\/\/www.differentdrop.com\/products\/2023-swinging-bridge-hill-park-pinot-noir","provider":"Different Drop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}