With every new vintage we are finding the demand for our wine outstripping supply.
Our 2024 Vintage is currently only available through our club, via the Winemaker's Selection mixed pack.
Current active club members will receive our 2024 Estate Pinot Noir in the next shipment.
2024 Delamere Pinot Noir
VINTAGE CONDITIONS
The 2024 vintage was one of the earliest we’ve experienced at Delamere. Being a particularly cold site, perfect for sparkling but more challenging for the still wines, this is always a welcome advantage. Temperatures in the spring prior were above average in the north of the state and rainfall was low. This trend continued through summer, with rain periods keeping the canopy growth rolling along well. Whilst it was a very dry year on average for Tasmania, Pipers River continued to receive moderate falls throughout the ripening season. The fruit composition at harvest was surprising given the warmer season, with excellent natural acid retention despite the warmer conditions. Sold crop levels across the estate, from near-perfect conditions during flowering, were a welcome bonus after several very low cropping years. The resulting wines have generous bright flavours, framed beautifully by zesty natural acidity.
WINEMAKING
The Pinot Noir was hand harvested from blocks on the Delamere vineyard aged from 24 and 43 years old. In 2024, we included roughly 30% whole bunches in all of the Delamere Pinot ferments. The fruit is fermented in open-top fermenters using hand plunging to extract colour and create the harmnious tannin structure. Each parcel commenced fermentation naturally, and was completed with a cultured yeast. The wine was pressed off after two to three weeks and filled to Burgundian coopered oak (30% new) to mature for 9 months before bottling.
TASTING NOTES
This year’s Estate Pinot presents with a bright brick red colour and brilliant clarity. Typical of the wines of 2024 it has a generous nose of red currant and hints of the richer blue fruits found in a warmer season. It is framed by savoury spice delicate oak tones and just a hint of earthy forest floor. Supporting that is a classic Delamere palate of beautiful savoury tannins and luscious pomegranate acidity. The combination of fruit weight and acidity suggests a wine, if carefully cellared, will evolve to be one of our great vintages and worthy of the wait.