Basket Range Wine
Adelaide Hills, SA
2021 Estate Chardonnay
94+ Points -“Deep and delicious but lively and fresh too. Very nutty, saline minerally and lashed with ripe apple, lime, nectarine. It feels fragrant, rich in a way but the briny lift in the palate takes things away and refreshes with each sip. Gentle despite the layers of flavour. Moreish, overall. Juicy texture finishes in a fine, light chew of talc-like grip. Succulent. This does a lot of things really well. Ready to roll now.” – Mike Bennie
2021 Estate Pinot Noir
94+ Points “Finely wound, dark fruited and tannin shaped pinot noir – cherry fruit on show but brambly, undergrowth-like characters in the mix and bergamot tea tannins a feature. Elegant, refined, smooth, silky yet with building with fine, excellent chew. It’s a serious wine, structured, reserved and tense. It drinks well now but needs a good decant and a big glass, albeit it feels more like it’s future is in cellars. Perfume, presence, poise – pitch-perfect pinot.” – Mike Bennie
2021 Estate Merlot
94+ Points “Looking to tension, cool acidity, dark fruit character but a finer expression, and the wine nails it. Feels serious. Dark plummy fruit brined black olive, a touch of eucalyptus/Aussie bush and a lick of anise. Sits medium weight and quietly powerful in the palate, more so from the ripples of graphite-mineral laced tannins that weave through the fruit and savoury elements of the wine. Those tannins – beautiful, Italianate, in fine ribbons. Excellent example of merlot here. Fine and fancy, refreshing and tense.” – Mike Bennie
2021 Estate Cabernet Sauvignon
“The Cabernet grows in the warmest aspect of the vineyard. That site gets a nice amount of afternoon sun. In the relatively cool region for Cabernet, this aspect enables flavour and phenolic ripeness, with a nice acidity. The clones are LC10, CW44. Soil: Loam on red clay and sandstone Winemaking: Destemmed in 1500L and 2000L vats with gentle pump-overs daily, for about two weeks. Matured in French barriques for nine months. 130 dozen produced.” – Basket Range Wine
2021 Hills Chardonnay
“Chardonnay (i10v1, Mendoza and g9v7 clones) from two vineyards in Piccadilly Valley and a small parcel from Mylor (25 mins away in the Adelaide Hills). All components were whole bunch pressed, initiating ferment in tank, then finished in seasoned French oak for 8 months. This wine shows complexity and interest from different vineyards and clones, while also having a bright acid line. A nice example of Adelaide Hills Chardonnay in 202.” – Basket Range Wine
2021 Banksia Pinot Noir
“Pinot Noir (777 and MV6 clones) all from our vineyard. The fruit is from two different aspects; north and south facing blocks. The fruit was picked to maintain a natural acidity. Whole bunch maceration was used for components, which add a brighter, aromatic component, but also depth, savouriness and balanced tannin.” – Basket Range Wine
2021 Syrah
“Syrah from three vineyards in different parts of the Adelaide Hills; Mylor, Oakbank and Mt Torrens. The winemaking involved a combination of whole bunch maceration as well as some destemmed components spending a short time on skins. This is a lighter-bodied Adelaide Hills Syrah.”– Basket Range Wine
2021 red
“This wine is blend of Petit Verdot (30%), Pinot Noir (30%), Merlot (10%) all from our vineyard; with Chardonnay from Piccadilly Valley (15%) and Syrah from Mylor in the Adelaide Hills (15%). The red varieties underwent light maceration with a proportion of whole bunches. The wine has brighter acid, red fruits and fine tannin. The varieties complement each other well to make a light red.” – Basket Range Wine