Pinot from the People in the Vines! Delamere Vineyards Pinot Noir 2012

If you’re around (and in Australia) on a Saturday circa 1pm, you can see Fran & Shane from Delamere on the telly!They’re one of the stars of Tyson Stelzer’s great new doco-series ‘People of the Vines‘, which tracks a group of Tasmanian winemakers doing their thing. Nice people too and great to see wine on the tv (Channel Ten by the way).

This Pinot is a great release from Delamere. I’ve always considered Pipers Brook more Chardonnay country than Pinot, but this puts a good foot forward. It’s really quite fleshy and – dare I say it – smells of the Tamar? Of dry and long growing seasons and sunshine, but moderated by cool nights. Ripe but not sugary sweet ripe, there is some mushroom and meaty Pinot fragrance too.

The palate has a real glacé fleshiness to it – silken with a flow of red fruit aplenty, all fresh and flowing. It’s perhaps a fraction light and soft to finish but that twist of nettle bitterness is more than welcome. I think If this had just a little more tannins to channel that fruit roundness it would be a superstar, but not far off.

Really quite tasty wine made by Tassie tv stars…

Source: Sample
Tasted: November 2014
Drink: 2014-2018
Score: 18.3/20, 92/100
Would I buy it? I think I would. Fair price and mighty drinkable.
Buy online: Delamere website