2011 Pinot Review

Our OBP2011 has been reviewed by Winsor Dobbin in the Sunday Examiner, noting the 2011 as "by far the best to date" of our Pinots.

He says this is "a wine that is drinking delightfully well in its youth with bright, forward fruit, spicy/savoury notes and some delicious softness on the palate".

Many thanks to Winsor for that one!

Published in the Sunday Examiner, July 29, 2012.

Good Wine Guide 2012 #2

Part 2 of our reviews in the new 2012 edition of The SMH & The Age Good Wine Guide, by Nick Stock.

2009 One Bunch Pinot $23
Given the good value tick, score of 90 points.

"A juicy, youthful pinot nose, with plenty of bright, ripe mixed-berry and cherry fruits, some baking spices and gentle cedary oak. Quite silky tannins, forward mixed-berry flavour and supple, curvy shape through the middle. Supple cherry fruits and light musk through the finish. Made for goodtime drinking."
- quoted from The SMH & The Age Good Wine Guide 2012, Nick Stock.


These reviews are also on our website!

Good Wine Guide 2012 #1

The 2012 edition of The SMH & The Age Good Wine Guide, by Nick Stock, has hit the shelves. Have to say we were quite pleased with the results!

2010 One Bunch Pinot $25
Given the good value tick,  and a score of 91 points.
"The same juicy and playful style as the 2009 wine here. This has nicely ripened cherry and mulberry fruit aromas, some redder fruits too, and a lick of spice. The palate's mapped out with playfully chewy tannins, offering juicy, robust summer berry and plum-fruit flavours, and zesty acid crunch to close."
- quoted from The SMH & The Age Good Wine Guide 2012, Nick Stock.


As a side note, we are listed in the winery directory as Gryphonwood Vineyards, whilst the wines are listed in the main body as 2009 & 2010 One Bunch Pinot Noir. Of course, we are one and the same!

Reviewed in the Epicure

OBP2009 received a rather nice review in The Age's Epicure, on Tuesday the 14th!

Thanks to Michele Round at Launceston's Pinot Shop for organising it!

A Pleasant Surprise!

I mentioned the other day One Bunch Pinot received a good review from the Pinot unearthed team: 

One Bunch Pinot Noir, 2009

Region:

Tasmania Pipers River & North East

Date Tasted:10/12/2010

Drink until: 2014

RATING:

16.25

Ben Edwards:17.5 Bright colour; quite a hi-toned bouquet, showing vibrant almost sour cherry aromas; the palate is also crunchy and driven by acid and chewy tannins, drawing out the finish to a quite savoury and minerally conclusion; long and with latent power taking time to unravel.

Chris Crawford:15.5 Medium to dark purple, good clarity; brightly scented macerated plums with subtle herbal undertones; simple crunchy red fruits add to its compact core; the tannins are a little course leaving a hard, grainy finish; medium length; plenty of appeal.

Dan Sims:15.5 Mid red in colour; dark macerated strawberry, wild raspberry fruit aromas and perhaps lacking a little concentration and fruit weight to back up the grippy tannic structure that surrounds the wine; whilst in that lighter bodied style, it has some charming qualities, though lacks that extra dimension.

Quoted from Pinot Unearthed 2009 TASMANIAN PINOT NOIR COMPLETE

   FEBRUARY 15TH 2011, ISSUE NUMBER 4, available as a download from their site.

All in all, a favourable result - one we are happy with...as a starting point!

However, we were most pleasantly surprised to be invited by Pinot Unearthed to participate in their Pure Tassie Pinot dinners, to be held at Pure South Restaurant in South Bank, Melbourne, and the stunning Peppermint Bay, south of Hobart. Both events will be held in March (the 9th in Melbourne; the 31st at Peppermint Bay).

The aim for these dinners is to showcase the variety and styles of Tassie Pinot. Of all the wines tasted, we are chuffed to be one of the twelve selected!

Tickets are available here. Hope we see you there!

Our First Review!

We all experience the pangs of nervousness when we put ourselves out there...those quirky moments as we wait on the opinions of peers as they assess our efforts. Tis a fact of life.

So, it was a pleasant moment when Mel and I read our first review of One Bunch Pinot. Winsor Dobbin is a wine writer with a regular column in The Sunday Examiner, as well as a freelance writer for a number of other publications. Here is his blog: http://www.winsorschoice.blogspot.com/

In early January, our wine graced the Sunday Examiner's pages:

One Bunch 2009 Pinot Noir $23

It's always exciting to see the launch of a new Tasmanian label, particularly one with as much promise as this; the first release from Gryphonwood Vineyards, whose vines are at Underwood in the Pipers River region. The wine gets is name because a poor crop meant "just one bunch" of fruit came through in 2009. The owners called on consultant winemaker Guy Wagner to create a blend and this shows immense promise. There's a good balance between fruit and savoury characters and the wine, slightly spritzy on opening, gets better and better as it opens up. It was excellent after two days – and very food friendly. A label to look out for.
Winsor Dobbin
Sunday Examiner, 9th January 2011

So thanks to Winsor for his words, and here's hoping a few more like them come our way!
Cheers,
Ben