{"product_id":"apsley-gorge-pinot-noir-2025","title":"Apsley Gorge Pinot Noir 2025","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVariety:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pinot Noir\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCountry, Region:\u003c\/strong\u003e Australia, Tasmania, East Coast\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e2025 marks a return to more normal vintages after several very wet and challenging years. The vineyard is located away from the coast nearly 10 kilometres inland right beside the Douglas Apsley National Park, just north of Bicheno. Here the cool air spills out of the hills from the Apsley River which runs around the western side of the property. In warm vintages this helps to keep the nights fresh and enable harvesting later than much of the state as vigneron Brian Franklin looks for full phenolic ripeness before picking. As for vintage 2025, Brian feels this is one of his best vintages yet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eFruit was picked while cool at 10° and was 100 % destemmed to whole berries and given cold soak for two and half weeks with natural yeast ferment for 4-5 days before being pressed to barrel. After picking the fruit it gets a very light spray with liquid sulphur otherwise no additions during ageing and bottled with 15 ppm ending up with about 10 ppm free in the final wine. (In France wines with less than 30 ppm S02 free are deemed \u003cem\u003evins sans SO2\u003c\/em\u003e.) About 1\/3 new oak with barriques from a mix of coopers mostly Francois Freres, Seguin Moreau and Tonnellerie Centre France for 14 moths before blending in preparation for bottling unfined and unfiltered in July 2026. As always serve cool in large glass and aeration and decanting is recommended.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(117, 37, 117);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e'The 2025 colour is typically dark with a translucent depth. The nose has the rich Apsley Pinot fruit, but something else is pushing through; charcuterie, earthiness, and so much more. After smelling the wine you know the palate is going to be good. Very good! A powerful entry, filling the mouth with rich fruit, complex textural tannins and the indescribable mystery of pinot.' \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBrian Franklin, Owner \u0026amp; Winemaker.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg height=\"151\" width=\"201\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0115\/8329\/1492\/files\/apsley-gorge.jpg?v=1756799825\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEstablished in 1988 this tiny vineyard is planted to Pinot Noir (5.5 hectares) and Chardonnay (1 hectare) and is located several kilometres inland from the coast near the entrance to the Apsley Gorge national Park north-west of Bicheno. The vineyards unique situation near the entry to the gorge brings breezes in the afternoon which have a distinct cooling effect which means this vineyard is typically one of the last to harvest in Tasmania with harvest usually being around the first week of May. This micro-climate is unique for the east coast.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSince 1999 winemaking has been undertaken by owner Brian Franklin who also does vintage each year in Burgundy with Philippe Charlopin (himself mentored by his friend Henri Jayer) in Gevrey Chambertin, and is helped here in Tasmania by young French winemakers including Philippe Charlopin’s son Yann. Including vintages undertaken in France Brian now has almost 40 vintages of wine-making experience in both France and Australia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlways aiming for full phenolic ripeness the style of wines produced are rich and intense wines characterised by fully ripe fruit made using Burgundian know-how with texture and finesse and excellent natural acidity, without excessive extraction or heaviness. Produced very naturally with only a small percentage of new oak (maximum 30%) each year these are very individual wines of great class and structure that drink very well when young yet also age and evolve over a decade or more for the Pinot Noir.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Buzz Wines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49768295006458,"sku":"AGV25PINOT","price":65.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0115\/8329\/1492\/files\/Apsley_Gorge_Pinot_Noir_NV.jpg?v=1785914026","url":"https:\/\/buzzwines.com\/products\/apsley-gorge-pinot-noir-2025","provider":"Buzz Wines","version":"1.0","type":"link"}