"This is a cool and restrained pinot noir, lithe and shapely, fine boned, a web of lacy, silty tannin lends structure and the wine sits comfortable in its dark cherry, black olive, faintly game meat-meets-rosemary savouriness with a little sweet. smoky earth character in the mix for good measure. Understated and elegant but with plenty going on. A little spread in texture gives the wine a moreish feel. It feels fancy too, in that distinct way that great wines of the world hold themselves. Very beautiful, is the message." - Mike Bennie, Wine Front
"This is the site previously used by Pinot Noir King, Phillip Jones of Bass Phillip, who liked the spectrum of dark fruit and umami flavours he found here. Issan Vineyard is a high density planting of 9,000 vines per hectare of Pinot Noir. The philosophy in the vineyard is based on natural farming principles and the viticulture focuses on the soil health of the site.
This elegant wine has dark berries and a lifted perfume on the nose, plus sweet fruit as well as savoury mushroom, brooding tilled earth characters on the palate. Balanced with natural acidity, soft ripe tannin, it is a shapely Pinot Noir marked by a long savoury finish. Unfined, unfiltered and made with minimal sulphur.
Avani is the product of Shashi and her husband Devendra Singh that have been in the Mornington Peninsula for 30 years. In 2000 Shashi and Devendra collaborated with Phillip Jones of Bass Phillip Wines to make wines under the Wildcroft banner, followed by her wine-making apprenticeship working part time at the Bass Phillip winery. In 2009 vintage was Shashi’s breakout year. It was the first vintage Shashi completed by herself under Phillip’s watchful eye at the Leongatha winery and in 2012 Shashi finally established her own winey at Red Hill South." - Wine House
