The 2020 Masters Pinot Noir is immediately aromatically distinct from the other wines here. It leads with a floral/orange blossom character on the nose, with blood, graphite, cherry, sumac and cracked cumin seeds. It's one thing for Pinot to taste good, but it's a whole other level of experience for it to smell good; and I feel I could smell this all day. On the palate, the wine is weighty and wide, blanketing the tongue and feeling cohesive and harmonious. The whole bunch character here works structurally, without leaving any distinct whole bunch characters. It's really great, pleasurable, distinct and exciting. It's a full 360-degree experience, with weight, aroma, flavor, spool of acid, saliva, etc. Kirsch is through the finish. 13.5% alcohol, sealed under screw cap. (EL)

Very upfront with lots of spice and florals (this wine is Helen’s 'negroni') but there’s a savoury, quite brooding presence beneath it all – forest floor and bloody meat. The palate is wonderfully complete and consistent from start to finish; this is not a big wine, but it has plenty of presence. Very fine tannins, quite silty by comparison to the Estate’s silkiness. Dry, structured finish, very long. 65% whole bunch. (EJ)