Region: Tasmania
Sub Region: Coal River Valley
Variety: Pinot Noir
Country: Australia
Vintage: 2025
Style: Dry red
Alcohol: 13.5%
Format: 750 mL
The Wine
Tolpuddle’s vineyard was first planted in 1988 on a gentle slope above Back Tea Tree Road near Richmond. The vines face north-east, with light silica sands over sandstone. In the cool, relatively dry Coal River Valley, the fruit has time to develop its perfume while holding the acidity that gives Tolpuddle Pinot its shape.
A drier spring in 2025 favoured flowering, and rain through a mild summer kept the vines growing steadily. The grapes ripened evenly and were picked a little later than in recent seasons. Half the hand-picked fruit went into the open fermenters as whole bunches, the rest as whole berries. The cap was plunged gently. The wine aged for ten months in French oak, about a third new.
Dark cherry and damson plum fill out the palate, with violets, star anise and dried orange peel on the nose. There’s a savoury, almost amaro quality to the spice, and fine tannins and brisk acidity carry the fruit through a long finish. Tolpuddle expects it to reward careful cellaring for up to 12 years.
Cellared Says
If I had the 2024 and 2025 in front of me, I’d open the 2025 first. The cherry and plum already have some generosity, and it’s that little amaro note I’d go back for as the wine opens. Give it a decent glass and see what comes through after half an hour. I’d keep a bottle for around 2030 as well. The fine grip through the finish is what makes me curious about how this one will age.
Reviews
“It’s an immediately attractive wine, with blossoming flavours kept in check by fine, sinewy tannins …”
96+ Points — Dave Brookes, Halliday Wine Companion
“Runs long, sealing the impression of this wine’s overall beauty and grace.”
96 Points — Jeni Port, Winepilot
Region: Tasmania
Sub Region: Coal River Valley
Variety: Pinot Noir
Country: Australia
Vintage: 2025
Style: Dry red
Alcohol: 13.5%
Format: 750 mL
The Wine
Tolpuddle’s vineyard was first planted in 1988 on a gentle slope above Back Tea Tree Road near Richmond. The vines face north-east, with light silica sands over sandstone. In the cool, relatively dry Coal River Valley, the fruit has time to develop its perfume while holding the acidity that gives Tolpuddle Pinot its shape.
A drier spring in 2025 favoured flowering, and rain through a mild summer kept the vines growing steadily. The grapes ripened evenly and were picked a little later than in recent seasons. Half the hand-picked fruit went into the open fermenters as whole bunches, the rest as whole berries. The cap was plunged gently. The wine aged for ten months in French oak, about a third new.
Dark cherry and damson plum fill out the palate, with violets, star anise and dried orange peel on the nose. There’s a savoury, almost amaro quality to the spice, and fine tannins and brisk acidity carry the fruit through a long finish. Tolpuddle expects it to reward careful cellaring for up to 12 years.
Cellared Says
If I had the 2024 and 2025 in front of me, I’d open the 2025 first. The cherry and plum already have some generosity, and it’s that little amaro note I’d go back for as the wine opens. Give it a decent glass and see what comes through after half an hour. I’d keep a bottle for around 2030 as well. The fine grip through the finish is what makes me curious about how this one will age.
Reviews
“It’s an immediately attractive wine, with blossoming flavours kept in check by fine, sinewy tannins …”
96+ Points — Dave Brookes, Halliday Wine Companion
“Runs long, sealing the impression of this wine’s overall beauty and grace.”
96 Points — Jeni Port, Winepilot
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