Block 3 Pinot Noir

There’s no mistaking the absolute purity of fruit and smoky earth scents in the bouquet, layers of tilled soils, and clay organic matter and ripe red berry fruits from cherry to dried raspberry to plum then savoury spice qualities. A satin touch on the palate quickly changes to a taut and tense wine with an abundance of course-silk tannins and a backbone of acidity. Vibrant and new, a core of purity and vibrato, complexity and length. A wine for the cellar with likely best drinking from 2030 through 2041+.

From one of Felton's oldest vineyard blocks, this vintage of Block 3 offers much of the high-toned aromatics and structure this longtime biodynamic estate is renowned for. It's a heady combo of cherry and currant fruit, baking spice, cedar and dried violet, with savory, meaty bass notes. Powdery tannins provide lovely texture. There's elegance and harmony. Of Felton's Pinots, it feels the most complete and ready to drink now, while being cellarworthy for at least another decade.