2022 Wallis Pinot Noir, Ten Minutes By Tractor

Name: 2022 Wallis Pinot Noir, Ten Minutes By Tractor
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Price: 58.0 GBP
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Mornington Peninsula, Australia

Pure, poised and quietly confident, the 2022 Wallis Pinot Noir is a beautiful expression of Mornington Peninsula finesse. Bright ruby in the glass, it opens with lifted aromas of wild strawberry, red cherry and cranberry, layered with rose petal, subtle spice and a gentle savoury note. The palate is silky and finely drawn, red fruit gliding across supple tannins with a cool, mineral freshness that keeps everything precise and flowing. Elegant rather than showy, it finishes long and clean, leaving a lingering impression of balance and clarity.

For when: the table’s full and the conversation’s flowing.
Pairs with: roast duck, grilled salmon, or mushroom and thyme dishes.
If this wine were a mood: relaxed confidence, nothing forced, everything in place.

From the cooler slopes of the Mornington Peninsula, Ten Minutes By Tractor has become synonymous with site-driven, finely detailed Pinot Noir. The Wallis vineyard is one of the estate’s standout sites, prized for its ability to deliver purity of fruit and natural tension. The 2022 vintage captures that character perfectly, a Pinot Noir of restraint, texture and quiet depth, made to be enjoyed now but with the structure to reward a little patience too.

Whats in the bottle
100% Pinot Noir

Notable Awards
95 Points – Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front “Fine, firm and delicious. Sweet spice notes step politely through a field of strawberry and red cherry fruit flavour. A dry, leaf-like note adds extra spread to both the tannin and the finish in general. This is pretty much pitch perfect all over. A meaty/smoky character lurks around the edges, in a positive way, and it feels polished throughout. It’s frisky but there’s enough substance and general complexity to well and truly satisfy.”

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Producer Information

Ten Minutes by Tractor started in 1997 with three vineyards in Main Ridge, all ten minutes by tractor apart. Over the past 18 years, Martin and Karen Spedding have added four more vineyards that have a diverse range of microclimates from across the Mornington Peninsula. Each of these vineyard sites features different aspects, slopes, soils, altitude and influence of the cool maritime breezes that wind their way through the valleys.

This terroir and sense of place explain everything about their wines. Cool places. Beautiful places. Places that are defined by the wines they make and which can seem worlds apart. The refinement and vibrant acidity of Wallis; the elegance and poise of McCutcheon; the alluring aromatics and fine structure of Judd; the power and fruit purity of Coolart Road.

Each vineyard is intimately linked to its place. These little differences; in soil, slope, aspects and all the other things that make their vineyards distinct mean that while they may be ten minutes by tractor from each other, they are a world apart.

Winemaking

Hand-picked as individual blocks and sorted separately on our sorting table. The MV6 parcel was processed to a concrete tank while the 115 parcel remained in stainless steel. Both parcels were cold-soaked for 5 days at 8°C before being fermented using indigenous yeast. Each parcel was gently managed during ferment with a combination of plunging and pump overs. After a natural malolactic fermentation and 9 months maturation in new and old French oak barriques the wine was blended, filtered and bottled.

Tech Stuff

Country
Australia
Region
Victoria
Sub-Region
Mornington Peninsula
Grape
Pinot Noir
Producer
Ten Minutes By Tractor
Size
750ml
Types
Red Wine
Vintage
2022