Another unquestionably committed De Bortoli Pinot Noir. The Riorret Lusatia Park Pinot Noir 2019 has this brooding darkness to it (which marks some 2019 Yarra Pinot releases), with a lifted but hardly open nose of dark fruit. Its is no strawberry bomb. There’s this inviting cherry flourish but then it all gets more gruff, secondary and beefier with a mushroom soup thickness starting to grab at the pretty cherry and strawberry lolly fruit. Damn, this is uncompromising in its Pinosity – admirable, if not seductive.

THE VERDICT

• Best drinking: you can drink it now, but no hurry
• Score (out of 20): 18
• Score (out of 100): 93
• Alcohol %: 13.7
• RRP (in $AUD): 45.95
• Winery website: https://www.debortoli.com.au/
• Would I buy it?: a glass or two