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92 Points
Jackson Brooke Pinot Meunier 2021 - doz @ $36ea
Varietal
Pinot Meunier
ABV
Vintage
2021
Volume
Closure
Peak Drinking
Overview
Buyers must be at least 18 years old and located outside a designated dry zone to purchase alcohol.
Tasting Notes
A light to medium bodied delicate red wine. Pinot Meunier is floral and pretty aromatically, with an underlying earthiness. The palate is lively and clean with a balanced mouthfeel and pleasant finish. A refreshing autumn red.
Winemaking
Harvest 29/03/22. Baumé 12.8, pH 3.5. 30% whole bunch, 70% destemmed. Wild ferment in 4 small open-top fermenters. Gently hand plunged daily with ferment temperatures peaking at 30 degrees. Pressed on 16/04/22 after 17 days on skins, into 4 old puncheons. Wild MLF in barrel with an SO2 addition in June after its completion. Racked late September. Racked again late December prior to bottling January 2023. Not fined or filtered.
Review
Pinot Meunier is often forgotten, overshadowed by its champagne blending partner Pinot Noir, and even by Pinot Gris and Pinot Blanc. So finding a varietal version of it can be a challenge. As soon as you open the bottle, you get hit in the face by Meunier’s calling card, ripe strawberries, which persist for the entirety of its life, accompanied by cherry, earth, musk and some slight stemminess. The strawberriness continue on the palate, which is fresh and vibrant, becoming more savoury as the wine breathes. With food, it’s even better.
92 points - Brendan Black, Wine Pilot
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