By Farr Sangreal Pinot Noir 2009

This north facing vineyard is planted on the original house block and it is the magic dust (red ironstone soil on limestone) that give a haunting fragrance to this pinot.

Sangreal is now 15 years old and is one of Australia’s top Pinot Noirs as befits its name, Sangreal which means Holy Blood or the Holy Grail.

60% whole bunch fermentation and 60% in new oak has produced the ‘‘hallmark” perfumed bouquet. This is the most seamless and perfumed of the By Farr single vineyard Pinots.

97 points and the Top Rated Pinot in James Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion 2012
“…..the bouquet has a rich and complex array of dark berry fruits, shifting up a gear on the positively voluptuous palate, which opens strongly and does not back off at any stage. Despite all this, it is a wine of finesse.”

95 points Campbell Mattinson The Wine Front...“ This is a beautiful wine. Class act. It’s great now and it should age terrifically too. Marzipan, twigs. Dense wine with lots of grunty, grainy tannin. Rich array of spices and dust and non-fruit elements. Violets. Bitter aftertaste in the most positive of ways. .... Challenging wine. Uncompromising too. Love it.”

Price: $71.00