Jane Eyre Tasmania Pinot Noir 2024

Jane Eyre Tasmania Pinot Noir

Region: Tasmania, Australia

Vintage: 2024

Bottle size: 75cl

Grape:  Pinot Noir

ABV: 13.5%

Bright crimson in colour, this Pinot Noir has beautifully pure red fruit aromas, with a little pomegranate and a touch of spice. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied and has a good depth of fruit that is balanced by a fresh acidity. The finish is long, with fine, persistent tannins.

The Pinot Noir grapes for this wine are grown from two vineyards on Tasmania's northern coast. Two thirds come from the iron-rich soils of Tamar Valley, a region which runs along the Tamar River. The final third is sourced from Pipers River, Tasmania’s northernmost wine region which surrounds the much smaller river of the same name, roughly 20 kilometres to the north-east.

After picking, most of the grapes were destemmed, with a small portion being left as whole bunches. The fruit was cold soaked and gently macerated for about 10 days before being basket pressed direct into 500-litre French oak puncheons (17% new). The wine matured for 10 months and was lightly filtered prior to bottling

The grapes were handpicked and sorted at the winery. 20% of the fruit that went into the fermentation tank was whole bunch. After spending 20 days on skins, with several gentle punch downs, the wine was aged for 10 months in 300-litre French barriques (10% new) before being reassembled in tank.

Jane Eyre first made wines under her own, eponymous label in Australia in 2012, making three barrels of a Pinot Noir from the Mornington Peninsula. At that time, she was already making exceptional wines in Burgundy as a micro-negociant and now splits her year, making wine in both hemispheres. Australian journalist Nick Stock accurately describes Jane as “a thoughtful and determined winemaker, with clear ideas about the style of Pinot Noir she likes. She prizes fragrance and delicacy over artefact and ripeness.”