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L'appel 'Rouge Gorge' Pinot Noir 2024

L'appel 'Rouge Gorge' Pinot Noir 2024

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The Rouge Gorge is L'appel's lighter, more fragrant expression. Rose hip tea and dried cranberry on the nose, with rich forest and herbal flavours, fresh raspberries, and a balanced structure of crisp acidity and smooth tannins. A wine with a delicate, distinctive personality, one that rewards those who take the time to find it. Pair with salmon, duck, or a simple roast. Drink now through 2028.

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Tasting Notes

Rose hip tea, dried cranberry and a lashing of campari on the nose. Plenty of sous bois / garrigue notes on the palette, with the bucket of raspberries to back it all up. Silty pumice stone tannin and a tight acid line.

Winemaking

From a single site in the Huon Valley set on grey Permian mudstone - 25% whole bunch and the remainder destemmed Pinot Noir - wild ferment with gentle daily pigeage - basket pressed to old oak barriques for 10 months elevage - minimal sulphur addition at bottling - 1100 bottles produced

About the Vineyard

L’appel wines is the wine project of emerging Tasmanian vignerons Bart Johnston & Jess Nuel
Currently sourcing fruit from highly regarded plots in the Tamar Valley, Huon Valley, Coal Valley and East Coast -regional expression is at the core of the L’appel wines suite.
Having carried out winemaking stints with reputable producers in North America, it was the Pinot Noirs of the Willamette Valley (Oregon) that were the catalyst for a deep dive into Pinot Noir.
Fascination with site, the microclimate and its influence on style led Bart to an invaluable period with Quealy Wines on the Mornington Peninsula. One pandemic later, a few degrees South and Tasmania is where the vignerons now call home.
In the cellar, the winemaking is light-handed with the winemaker adjusting the methods of vinification to suit the nuances of any given vintage. The wines are wild fermented, unfiltered and elevage is carried out in a mix of 5+ year old barriques. In more recent vintages the Pinot Noirs have included a larger proportion of whole-bunch, bringing freshness and structure to the wines.
These are wines made with passion, purpose and an obedience of simplicity at its heart - welcome to L’appel.

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Huon Valley

The Huon Valley is Tasmania’s southernmost wine region, and by extension, the southernmost wine region in all of Australia.

Following the winding path of the Huon River from Lake Pedder to the D'Entrecasteaux Channel, this region offers a unique cool-climate growing environment. The north-facing vineyards are sheltered from the cold southerly winds, benefiting instead from a maritime-influenced climate.

The gentle warmth of summer allows for a slow, extended ripening season, resulting in high-quality Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and sparkling wines.

This extended growing period enhances the complexity and finesse of the wines produced here, making the Huon Valley an ideal region for crafting elegant, cool-climate varieties.