Hungerford Hill Tumbarumba Pinot Noir 2013 (Tumbarumba, NSW)
14.8%, Screwcap, $36
Tumbarumba – great place for Chardonnay and bubbles, still yet to hit its red wine straps. The accusation is often that the Pinot was planted for sparkling base, and is the wrong clone for table wine. Yet wines like this show there is some promise if the viti is right.
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Bright red colours. Really bright. It smells of raspberry cherry cola, with none of the weediness of other Tumbarumba Pinots. Better still, there’s no shortage of acidity, even despite the high acidity. In fact, the only downer is the slightly intrusive toasty oak.
Smart Pinot, just inches away from ‘really good’.
Source: Sample
Tasted: August 2014
Drink: 2014-2018
Score: 17/20, 90/100
Would I buy it? A glass or two.
Buy online: Hungerford Hill website
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