Elanto Vineyard Balnarring Pinot Noir 2023

Elanto Vineyard, led by expert winemaker Sandro Mosele, is a prestigious and undiscovered winemaking destination. Mosele, known for his acclaimed work at Kooyong and Port Phillip Estate, utilises his immense skill and dedication to craft remarkable Pinot Noir & Chardonnay with the 2023 vintage, marking the winery's debut release.

"Never in a million years would I have picked the vine age given the savouriness, detail and complexity in this wine. Fruit off four-year-old vines. Quite astonishing and yet, the proof is in the glass. Full of heady aromatics – all florals and wood spice with flavours of dark cherry, cherry compote and poached rhubarb. But it’s not at all fruity, as it also comes with a hint of charred radicchio and Italian bitter herbs. There’s a vivacity across the just medium-bodied palate, a little sinewy, yet savoury through and through; best of all, the shapely, fine tannins take charge as it finishes long and convincingly. Made from hand-picked fruit, whole-berries with 3% whole-bunches, fermented in Nico Velo Tulipe concrete vats, pressed off skins after a month and aged a year in mostly light toast François Frères barriques, 30% new."
95 Points - Jane Faulkner, Halliday Wine Companion, 11th June 2024

"There’s a lot going on with this Pinot Noir but it manages to feel effortless. Seamless is the word; finished is another. Campari-like herbs, roasted nuts, earth, undergrowth and sweet black cherries, the latter deep-set in Pinot Noir terms. There’s an excellent framework of tannin, firm and velvety at once, dry strings splayed out across a mesh made of hazelnuts. This wine became more expansive as it rested in the glass. This is the first Pinot Noir grown and made from this vineyard. It’s an exciting debut, with an even more exciting future."
95 Points - Campbell Mattinson, Winefront, August 2024, Drink: 2024 - 2030+