2020 Josef Chromy Pinot Noir

Sourced from Josef Chromy's estate vineyard at Relbia in Northern Tasmania, this Pinot saw 25% whole bunch inclusion and maturation in French oak barriques for 10 months.
Semi translucent bright red core with black shaded edges and a light red hue. Fragrant spicy red cherry, violet and winter strawberry scents fill the nostrils with lightly toasted cedar, dried herb and forest floor notes ensuing. Vibrant red cherry, rhubarb and winter strawberry fruits are backed by crunchy like acidity. Spicy cedar, fresh herb and forest floor characters linger in the background. Polished tannins with a long edgy, red fruited conclusion.
Drink over the next 5-6 years.
Alc. 13.3%

Other Reviews….
Hand picked from from 80% estate-grown vines, planted 1998 and 2007. Cold soaked; fermented in 15 batches; 25% whole bunches; small proportion of wild ferment; regular pigéage and intermittent rémontage; matured 10 months in French oak barriques. There is an ever more pronounced stamp of terroir on Tasmania's increasingly demarcated subregions, and wines like this declare it with authority. The definition of Relbia pinot, at once deeply set in black cherry, black plum, anise and licorice, at the same time soaring with violet fragrance and all the energy of Tasmanian acidity and finely textured tannins. Is Relbia the Gevrey of the Tamar and is Chromy its Chambertin? This wine says, 'yes, and yes!' Drink by 2035.
95 points
Tyson Stelzer – James Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion