The 2023 Southern Light Vineyards Ghostgum Pinot Noir from Mornington Peninsula is a bright and elegant cool-climate Pinot Noir showing aromas of cherry, raspberry and subtle spice. Medium-bodied with a silky texture, the palate offers vibrant red berry fruit, fine tannins and fresh acidity with a smooth, balanced finish. Crafted in a refined Mornington Peninsula style, this Pinot Noir pairs beautifully with duck, salmon and mushroom dishes.
You wouldn’t know it with the style here. It’s just 13% alcohol, but the ripeness is perfect. There’s this tart raspberry freshness here – you can almost taste the raspberry fur. It’s fresh, pithy, with a vanilla oak lift through the middle. Just medium bodied, lucid, carefully done. It feels like a wine that was agonised over, with the lack of any impurity in a rough year a pointer to some hard calls in the vineyard. A win. - 95 points, Andrew Graham
