Bass Phillip Pinot Reserve South Gippsland 2000
Red
Gippsland, Australia
7.0
WineSaint
Reductive at first, then gamey complexity emerges with perfumed cherry fruit. Mocha and vanilla from assertive new oak dominate the mid-palate. Sweet maraschino cherry and brambly raspberry lead to an herbal finish. The oak-derived sweetness overwhelms the fruit's natural structure. Unusual for this cuvée. Needs time to integrate.
maraschino cherrymochavanillabramble
Label
Bass Phillip
→Bass Phillip is Gippsland's benchmark Pinot Noir producer, working a small, cool-climate site in South Gippsland to make some of Australia's most Burgundian-leaning reds and whites.