Decades Coal River Pinot Noir 2024

DECADES is a collaborative project between these two characters [Steve Flamsteed, perhaps best known for his time in charge at Giant Steps, and Brad Rogers, co-founder of Stone & Wood] who first met whilst studying wine science at Adelaide University 35 years ago, and have always joked about starting a small production, high quality wine label together.  When this vineyard [Coal River, Tasmania] came up for grabs they jumped on it.

This is a structural Pinot Noir with ageability written all over it. It’s surly right now, and backward, but long chains of minerally tannin and abundant undergrowth-y complexity suggest that it will age handsomely. Stewed cherries, loads of spice, boysenberry and earthen, ashen, forest floor characters make a distinctive impression. Smoky oak is present here but so well integrated that it presents as a textural element and little else. Tuck this away for a few years. Patience is this wine’s best friend. 93+ points. - Campbell Mattinson, Wine Front.