2024 Sailor Seeks Horse Dijon Clone Pinot Noir

95 pts
An ultra-limited, high-toned Pinot Noir focused on Dijon clones. Just a couple of dozen available.

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Description

When we caught up with Paul to taste through the 2024s, he was pretty open about how difficult the season was in the Huon. It was exceptionally dry and warm, which bottomed out yields to a tiny 1.7 tonnes per hectare for this Dijon Clone selection. Usually, we expect these clones (114, 115, 777, and Abel) to be the elegant, perfumed side of the vineyard, but the 2024 vintage has added an extra layer of concentration.

Despite the power of the season, the wine maintains a lovely weightless texture. It’s a mix of blue and red fruits, almost kalamata olive savouriness. The duo gave this 12 months in barrel with a higher hit of new oak (42%), but because the fruit is so intense from those low yields, the wood just provides a sturdy framework rather than taking over.

There’s a real clarity here that sets it apart from the broader estate Pinot. It’s high-toned and savoury, with fine, filigree tannins that feel incredibly settled. Tiny production, we have just a couple of boxes so we don't expect this Tassie Pinot to be hanging around.

95 points
"The 2024 Dijon Clones Pinot Noir is delicate and floral, detailed and fine, with a long spool of mineral flavor and texture through the middle palate and finish. This is savory, leaning more into pomegranate molasses, new leather, cocoa, etc. alongside the rose petals and shaved fennel/licorice to close. The fruit here is all destemmed, and the tannins feel sleek rather than spicy. These are detailed, beautiful, ethereal Pinots here."
- Erin Larkin (The Wine Advocate)

95 points - "The 2024 Dijon Clones Pinot Noir is delicate and floral, detailed and fine, with a long spool of mineral flavor and texture through the middle palate and finish. This is savory, leaning more into pomegranate molasses, new leather, cocoa, etc. alongside the rose petals and shaved fennel/licorice to close. The fruit here is all destemmed, and the tannins feel sleek rather than spicy. These are detailed, beautiful, ethereal Pinots here. 12.8% alcohol, sealed under screw cap." - Erin Larkin (The Wine Advocate)

1.7t/ha. 115, 114, 777 & Abel clones. Wild yeast, no whole bunch, 12 months in barrel, 42% new oak. Unfined. Blue and red fruit, black olive, savoury, diaphanous, saline

Price Bracket $51 to $100
Type Red
Body Medium Bodied
Variety Pinot Noir
Country Australia
Region Tasmania
Australian State TAS
Feature Women in Wine
High Score
Reviewed By The Wine Advocate
Critic Score 95
Size 750ml
Vintage 2024
Closure Screw Cap

Sailor Seeks Horse

Sailor Seeks Horse is one of the Apple Isle's most exciting new producers. It's a husband and wife team behind the scenes, Paul and Gilli Lipscombe.

The Lipscombes produce exquisite Pinot Noir and Chardonnay off their estate vineyard, planted by their own hands, back in 2005. The wines have startling energy to them, with a pinpoint balance of fruit and savoury spice. They are released in perilously small amounts and are never around for long.

With the small cult following the couple have garnered since starting their own label, their wines are now hunted by serious collectors who want to be in on the ground floor.

As Mike Bennie declared with Paul and Gilli's inaugural 2013 Pinot Noir release, "We have here a new star in the making." Tasmanian Pinot and Chardonnay lovers, don't miss these scintillating wines.

Paul and Gilli Lipscombe Sailor Seeks Horse

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