Utzinger Pinot Noir 2024

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$46.00

Swiss-born winemaker Matthias Utzinger brings a European sensibility to Tasmanian Pinot, and it shows. Medium burgundy red, with ripe cherry, plum, and strawberry fruit accented by warm spice and subtle underwood. Gentle oak influence adds complexity without dominating. The palate is soft on entry, with medium-plus acidity and youthful tannins that will soften beautifully over time. A wine with a long future ahead of it. Pair with duck, pork, or mushroom dishes. Drink now through 2032.


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Utzinger Pinot Noir 2024

Utzinger Pinot Noir 2024

$46.00

$46.00

Product specifications

Wine Maker

Matthias Utzinger

Year

2024

Region

Tamar Valley

Vineyard

Utzinger

Aroma

Tar and warm spice on the nose with fresh cherry and strawberry fruit. Some lifted red fruit aromatics with a bunchy undertone. Subtle oak influence.

Palette

Medium burgundy red. Relatively soft attack, medium acidity, young chalky tannins which will soften quickly. Medium to fuller bodied with a long finish.

Pairings

The fruit-forward, spiced character suits roast duck, herb-crusted lamb, or a mushroom-based dish — versatile enough for most Pinot-friendly cooking.

Wine Making

West Tamar fruit, hand-picked, 30% whole bunch as part of a carbonic maceration, cold soak before wild ferment, pressed before dryness into mainly old French oak barrels, unfined, unfiltered, screwcap.

Meet the owners

Utzinger is a genuine love story. Swiss-trained winemaker Matthias Utzinger met Tasmanian-raised Lauren while travelling, and after a stint learning the ropes at Stefano Lubiana's Huon Valley vineyard, the couple planted their own five-hectare certified organic estate from scratch at Legana in 2018. Every vine, clone and row spacing was chosen deliberately, and the wines, Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Syrah, Riesling and a fumé-style Sauvignon Blanc, are made with minimal intervention. Their "Roter Satz" field blend has already picked up back-to-back trophies at the Young Gun of Wine Awards.

Matthias & Lauren Utzinger — Utzinger

Tamar Valley

About the region

The Tamar Valley is Tasmania's oldest wine region, stretching from Launceston to the Bass Strait in the state's north. Its cool maritime climate and iron-rich soils create ideal growing conditions, and the numbers speak for themselves, home to over 30 family-owned wineries, the Tamar Valley accounts for more than a third of Tasmania's total wine production. Viticulture here goes back a long way too, with the first commercial vineyard established in the mid-1800s at Windermere, its cuttings even helping establish some of South Australia's earliest vineyards. Today, the Tamar Valley is celebrated for its Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Riesling and sparkling wines, each one reflecting the region's exceptional terroir and winemaking heritage.

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