By Farr Farrside Pinot Noir 2024

Every year, it’s a tussle to decide my preference; Sangreal or Farrside. A warmer, even vintage 2024, without extremes and there seems a certain evenness to the two pinots, they are so well appointed.

Another feature of this release is their apparent openness, so much so that I cannot remember these two wines tasting so well upon release, they really are good to go. Certainly a bigger wine than the 2023, the Farrside fruit is more complex with a compote of red black and hedge fruits, flecked with mixed flowers, clove and cardamon.

Deep, almost plush, the flesh muscular and weighty, the tannins embedded deep and the acidity a conduit. Just towards the back do I get some wildness of spice, flowers and smoked meats, hinting at a long and sensual exotic future. Fabulous.

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