2024 Hurley Vineyard Estate Pinot Noir 750ml

The Estate release combines the three individual vineyards of the Hurley property.

Interestingly, Hurley Vineyard has changed back from DIAM cork to (natural) cork, in the form of a Procork. Even more interestingly – and pleasingly – Hurley Vineyard has changed the bottles that it uses, from a 600gram bottle to a 500 gram bottle, a 20% decrease. So very, very few wineries make such a change, much to their shame. Kudos to Hurley.

There’s complexity to this release, there’s a silken feel to it, and most importantly there’s a lovely even glide throughout, the latter extending appreciably through the finish. I wish that I could leave the review there, because that’s all anyone needs to know. But some people like to hear individual flavour descriptors, so here goes: undergrowth, toast, a bell clear expression of red cherry, a saucy smokiness, rose petals with a gentle decay to them, whispers of dry tobacco. Tannin is fine, just assertive enough, and effectively works as a conduit to the progress of the flavour ongoing. For reasons of complexity, length and mouthfeel, I would place this among the best Hurley Vineyard wines that I’ve tried. 95Pts. - Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front