2023 Yabby Lake Tasmania Coal River Pinot Noir

Highly Rated
The debut release of Tasmanian Pinot Noir from Yabby Lake and Tom Carson's team.

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When one of Victoria’s great Chardonnay and Pinot Noir specialists turns their attention to Tasmania, you sit up and take notice. This is Yabby Lake’s debut release from the Coal River Valley and a seriously exciting move for Tom Carson and the team.

Long recognised as a benchmark for Mornington Peninsula Pinot, Yabby Lake brings decades of experience and a meticulous approach to this new single-vineyard project in Coal River Valley. Planted to a mix of Dijon clones, the site’s cool, north-facing slopes and ancient soils are a natural fit for Carson’s precision winemaking style.

The result is everything you’d hope for: dark berry fruit, violets and spice on the nose, with a silky, layered palate and beautifully integrated oak. It’s confident and composed, but also full of energy, a wine that speaks to both place and the pedigree of the winemaking team.

An exciting new chapter for Yabby Lake, and a must-try for anyone tracking the evolution of serious Tasmanian Pinot.

97 points & #21 James Suckling Top 100 Wines of Australia 2024
"Damson plums, wild blackberries, violets... dark cherries, orange rind and cedar... very complex and tightly wound."
- James Suckling

95 points
"Plummy, dark-cherry—rich and ripe... intense, profound fruit flavour... outstanding pinot noir with long carry."
- Huon Hooke (The Real Review)

95 points
"Cherry cola, cocoa, blueberries... savoury, detailed and composed... impressive debut with ethereal tannins."
- Jane Faulkner (Halliday Wine Companion)

94 points
"Undergrowth, smoked herbs, macerated cherries... firm tannins and complex length... will mature well."
- Campbell Mattinson (The Wine Front)

97 points - “The nose is perfumed and lifted with aromas of damson plums, wild blackberries, violets and cinnamon bark. The medium-bodied palate has finely integrated tannins and bright acidity, showing notes of dark cherries, dried herbs, orange rind and cedar. Very complex and tightly wound, this will unravel for many years to come. Exceptional. Premiere release from newly acquired vineyard. Drink or hold. Screw cap.” - #21 (James Suckling Top 100 Wines of Australia 2024)

95 points - “Deep and bright -red-purple colour, the bouquet plummy, dark-cherry—rich and ripe—with Campari/balsamic herb overtones. The wine is full in the mouth and rich, concentration and depth of flavour are impressive, the tannins abundant and fleshy, coating the mouth and complementing the intense, profound fruit flavour. Outstanding pinot noir. Long, long carry.” - Huon Hooke (The Real Review)

95 points - “In ’22, Yabby Lake bought a site in the Coal River Valley at Campania planted in ’17 to 5ha of pinot noir and chardonnay. Ta da! This is the inaugural release and, for such young vines, a lovely drink. Lots of upfront dark fruit aromas and flavours, cherry cola, cocoa, blueberries, black cherries and plenty of savouriness throughout. It’s composed, detailed, with beautiful, quite ethereal, tannins and fine acidity easing off the mid-weighted palate. An impressive debut.” - Jane Faulkner (Halliday Wine Companion)

94 points - “This is very good. It’s not fruit-forward but it has depth, complexity and length, and that’s exactly what you want. It also has a structural firmness, its tannin in particular marching through the back half of the wine in duplicated steps, as if it means business. Undergrowth, smoked herbs, macerated cherries and mint characters are strung together in a gently reductive bow. This wine unfolds appreciably – or at least its flavours do – as it rests in the glass. You’d expect it to mature well. 94+” - Campbell Mattinson (The Wine Front)

Tasting Notes
appearance

Lovely deep crimson colour.
aroma

The aromas are dark berry fruited, with a floral note and a spicy lift.
palate

The palate is plush and rounded with fine grained tannins and serious depth of fruit. Long and fine on the finish.
winemakers comments

Our philosophy at Yabby Lake is to craft single vineyard wines of great purity and character, reflective of our site and the season in which it was grown. In 2022, we embarked on an exciting new chapter for our family wine business – purchasing a special site deep in the heart of the Coal River Valley in Tasmania. We continue the same philosophy at our Tasmanian vineyard, and we are excited to introduce our inaugural expressions of this site – a single vineyard chardonnay and pinot noir from the 2023 vintage.
cellaring potential

Cellar 5 - 10 years.

Price Bracket $51 to $100
Variety Pinot Noir
Country Australia
Region Tasmania
Australian State TAS
Reviewed By Halliday Wine Companion
James Suckling
The Wine Front
The Real Review
Critic Score 97
95
94
Size 11

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