TOLPUDDLE

Tolpuddle is an outstanding vineyard established by Martin Shaw and Master Winemaker Michael Hill Smith in 1988 in Tasmania's Coal River Valley. The vineyard is situated near the historic village of Richmond on land where George Loveless, the leader of the Tolpuddle martyrs served some of his sentence after being banished from the UK for daring to form a union. The 20 hectare estate is one of Australia’s great single vineyards. The wines are made in a respectful way, using traditional, low intervention winemaking methods, resulting in beautiful award winning Pinot Noir and Chardonnay that possess a unique, strong, and expressive character.

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Pinot Noir
Tolpuddle

Pinot Noir

$112.99 x 6

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SIZE
6 PACK, 750ml BOTTLES, $112.99 EACH
PRODUCER
tolpuddle
VINTAGE
2022
COLOUR
White
SUB-REGION, REGION, COUNTRY
COAL RIVER VALLey, tasmania, Australia
GRAPE
pinot Noir 
 

A very strong year for Pinot Noir at Tolpuddle. There is complexity and power, balanced by pure fruit notes and cool season spice. It shows powerful fruit, with ripe red cherry, smoked meat, and olive notes, framed by fine but firm tannins. Great length of flavour. An exciting vintage. 


95 Points, James Suckling

Very good Tassie pinot. Root spice and earthy forestry notes of dried porcini dashi, autumnal leaves and loganberry, set in relief against a swathe of darker cherry. The spiky whole bunch inclusion is evident across the finish reeling off a whiff of dill and mezcal, yet it is largely buried by the extract and density. This should age very well, as the record at this address attests.

Chardonnay
Tolpuddle

Chardonnay

$112.99 x 6

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SIZE
6 PACK, 750ml BOTTLES, $112.99 EACH
PRODUCER
tolpuddle
VINTAGE
2022
COLOUR
White
SUB-REGION, REGION, COUNTRY
COAL RIVER VALLey, tasmania, Australia
GRAPE
Chardonnay
 


Classic Tolpuddle backbone of acidity, yellow grapefruit, lemon pith, and some flinty minerality. A combination of lightness, delicacy and texture.

98 Points, The Real Review

Light bright yellow with a smoky, nutty, barrel fermented bouquet which also packs seaspray/oyster-shell, mixed spices and talcy aromas into the mix. In the mouth it’s very intense and focused, tensioned and crisp, without strident acidity but lovely refreshing properties. A superb wine, quietly complex and penetrating, obviously barrel-fermented but not showing too-overt oak. The acidity is bright and refreshing and cleanses the aftertaste. Amazing length. Magical stuff.