Tolpuddle Vineyard Pinot Noir 2023

Andrew Caillard MW
97/100 punten

"Medium deep. Lovely pure dark cherry, negroni, herb garden, star anise aromas with hints of marzipan. Sweet supple dark cherry pastille, strawberry fruits, loose knit lacy/ al dente textures, lovely mid palate volume and underlying marzipan roasted chestnut/ herb garden notes. Sappy notes build up to the finish.This is an exceptionally enjoyable and characterful wine, highlighting a classic vineyard site and cracking good winemaking. Will keep and develop, but drink now or soon. 13.5%." 

James Halliday
96/100 punten

"A cooler vintage for Tolpuddle with some hen and chicken and lighter bunches due to a wetter-than-normal spring, before excellent ripening conditions for the remainder of the growing season. When compared to the '22 release there is a little more concentration on display. Vibrant, magenta-splashed ruby in the glass with aromas of dark cherry, plum and blackberry fruits with hints of crushed herbs, softly spoken vanillin oak, raspberry coulis, charcuterie board, purple flowers, bay leaf and stone. Rich and flowy with spice, herbal and floral tendrils weaving through the pure base layers of dark fruits. Textural and harmonious with finely crushed riverstone tannins and mineral line providing support and cadence. Another cracking release from Tolpuddle."

Wine Pilot
95/100 punten

"This vintage strikes out again with surprise and intrigue, just when you think the S+S winemaking team have got the recipe right, the vineyard shows you another side entirely. Here it’s a witches brew of jarred and dried aromatics. Blackberries, dark cherries, juniper and sloe berries. A bouquet of garrigue herbs, pine and poppy seed. There is a harmony between the dark fruit and ripe herbal notes. It’s a different shape entirely than what’s come before it and I’m feelin’ it. Savoury oak tannins support the woodsy style of black fruit. It’s a very tailored wine and has found a nice balance in a very cool vintage. Striking harmony between spice, cassis and oak. A hint of medicinal, and luxurious almost syrupy in its richness on the palate. Serious stuff."