William Downie Bullswamp Pinot Noir 2023

From a single vineyard in Gippsland's Baw Baw shire that Bill farms himself. Planted in 1981 on old red volcanic soils.

A serious Pinot here! Where the Gippsland blend displayed juicier red fruit, this has a distinct darker core with a lovely savoury, ferrous edge - Bill attest's this to the soil. Aromatically beguiling with dark cherry and plum are interwoven with woody spices and forest floor. It has a touch more stuffing in the mouth, though certainly not overdone, with composed yet grippy tannin. Drinking fantastically now but will reward medium term cellaring too. Jeremy Muller, FWC.