Vintage: 2023Adelaide Hills, SAALC: 13.6%Mad skills create a mad wine. That much is evident with this Pinot. Truly exceptional stuff. The result of some serious hard slog and plenty of thought on how best to work with the weather of this particular harvest. Crack a bottle yourself and do some pondering *strokes chin and takes a very large sip*. We can’t help but get around this Adelaide Hills winemaker. His small batch ethos? To make wines that’ll be “loved by some rather than liked by all”. Michael is a champion of super specific terroirs. A past life as a Sotheby’s jewellery evaluator serves him well as he meticulously observes wine subtleties. With his keen eye and passion for slow artisanal craft, he creates wines with big, distinctive personalities that won’t fade into bland anonymity. Someone get us a glass, stat!
