Chatto Franklinii Huon Valley Pinot Noir 2023

Chatto Franklinii Huon Valley Pinot Noir 

Region: Huon Valley, Tasmania, Australia

Vintage: 2023

Bottle size: 75cl

Grape: Pinot Noir

ABV: 13.7%

Franklinii is brimming with red and black berries, with a lively but balanced nose. The palate is vibrant with a spicy lift to the finish. It is medium length with fine tannins and balanced acidity.

The fruit for this wine come from the Isle Vineyard in Huon Valley. All fruit was hand picked. 15% was left as whole bunch. The juice was then fermented on skins for 10 days using indigenous yeast. It was then basket pressed direct to French oak puncheons where it spent 10 months maturing before bottling.

Jim Chatto makes some of the finest Pinot Noir in Tasmania, quite a statement given the calibre of winemaking on the island. Jim ended up in Tasmania by chance. In 1998, after studying at Charles Sturt University, his first winemaking job was at Rosevears Estate in the Tamar Valley in Tasmania. The stint was short-lived, as he moved to the Hunter Valley in 2000 to become head winemaker of McWilliams, which included making the acclaimed Mount Pleasant wines. As a result, Jim became only the fourth winemaker at Mount Pleasant since the legendary Maurice O’Shea founded the estate in 1921. Yet during his time in Tasmania, Jim met and married Daisy. Together they acquired a vineyard in Tasmania’s Huon Valley, which Jim started planting with Pinot Noir in 2007.

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