Review

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Bellvale Pinot Noir 2003
 

“[Of the Gippsland wine-growing region of] South Gippsland, based around Leongatha, is the coolest, the wettest and the windiest. Viticulture is demanding, but get it right, and the results are some of Australia's most exciting Pinot Noir . . . John Ellis at Bellvale is another of the new breed of Gippsland vignerons. The Bellvale Pinot Noir style is on the dark, intense side, with black cherries and fruit-of-the-forest aromas and flavours. Everything, including a strong structure, suggests a wine to age. Do we have the patience to wait? Can't see it myself.” – Jeni Port

Discover the Wine Regions of Victoria, supplement to The Age newspaper, September 2006.