2024 Gentle Folk Monomeith Pinot Noir

95 pts
Floral, fruity, and minerally Pinot Noir from one of the Basket Range's most iconic lo-fi winemaking ventures.

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Description

Monomeith is one of the true landmarks of Adelaide Hills Pinot. Perched high on the Ashton ridge at 530 metres, this organically farmed site sits in its own sheltered, east–west valley - so the vines see both the morning and afternoon sun. That dual exposure, combined with sandstone and quartz soils, gives the fruit remarkable depth and drive, even in a cooler year.

The 2024 season delivered small yields of pristine fruit, and this wine shows it. It’s lifted and aromatic, full of red cherry, violet and gentle spice, with the kind of mineral backbone that defines this part of the Hills. There’s brightness up front, fine tannin through the mid-palate, and a long, seamless finish.

Fermented with 20% whole bunches and aged for ten months in French oak (20% new), it’s a beautifully balanced Pinot that sits comfortably among the region’s best.

The Monomeith vineyard has been part of the Gentle Folk story since day one, and in 2024 it’s produced something exceptional.

95 points
"Bright, floral and perfumed, with vivid aromas of minerals, citrus and crushed stones. The palate is delicate and refined, with fine tannins and bright acidity that lead to a mouthwatering, spicy and earthy finish. A really classy pinot with great balance. Drink or hold."
- Ryan Montgomery (James Suckling)

94 points - "Here’s a very specific and characterful wine. Blueberry, blackcurrant, floral, bergamot (or Earl Grey tea if you’d rather), and quite some sappy and rosy perfume, with spice and a stony character. It’s succulent in cherry and blue fruit, there’s a sweetness of fruit on offer, with a marzipan richness, then it pulls dry, nutty and long on a juicy finish of excellent length. What a lovely wine." - Gary Walsh (The Wine Front)

Customer Reviews

One of the great and distinctive vineyards of the Adelaide Hills, and certainly one of the coolest. Monomeith sits in its own very cool valley on the top ridge of Ashton and the vines benefit from an east-west orientation, where part of the vineyard gets the morning sun and the other half the afternoon sun. This results in a wine with great depth, complexity and all the classic aromatics of great Adelaide Hills Pinot noir.

Vineyard: Monomeith, Ashton

Planted: 1996

Clones: MV6, 777, 114 and 115

Elevation: 530m

Aspect: E and W

Soil: Light loamy clay over sandstone with extensive quartz

Vinification: 20% whole cluster open top fermentation for two to three weeks followed by 10 months in oak, 20% new, before racking to tank for three months and bottled.

Harvest date: 20 March 2024

Bottled: 26 May 2026

Alc: 14.0%

pH: 3.57

TA: 6.0 g/L

Production: 1734 bottles

Price Bracket $51 to $100
Type Red
Body Light Bodied
Variety Pinot Noir
Country Australia
Region Adelaide Hills
Australian State SA
Feature High Score
Reviewed By James Suckling
The Wine Front
Size 750ml
Vintage 2024
Closure Cork

Gentle Folk

Gareth and Rainbo Belton are the Gentle Folks, both in name and in sensibility. They are gentle, soulful people, both originally seaweed experts, who turned their hands to farming grapes with an organic and sustainable approach. Today they are crafting some of the most legitimately exciting and exceptional Pinot Noir and Chardonnay in the Adelaide Hills and are firmly rooted in the upper echelon of Australia's lo-fi wine scene.

Their wines cover multiple sub-regions across the Adelaide Hills. There are no additions during the winemaking process, save for a splash of SO2 at bottling to keep the wines pristine as they travel from the Beltons' home to yours. The worlds of fine wine and natural wine collide in the Gentle Folk range. They are beautiful people making increasingly breathtaking wines that you definitely want to check out.

Gareth Belton in one of his vineyards - Basket Range, Adelaide Hills, SA Gentle Folk

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