Product Information:
Morningside produces Pinot and Chardonnay that's brimming with potential - powerful, redolent wines with rich colour and varietal typicity. The site is perched on peaty, rich soils, with a precious sliver of limestone. This will be the last Pinot Noir produced in the structured style Morningside Vineyard so strike while the iron is hot. This site is now in the capable hands of the neighbours at Pressing Matters.
The 2019 Morningside Pinot Noir receives 10-20% whole bunches the fruit is given a four-day cold soak, followed by wild-yeast fermentation over 7-10 days. The wine is matured for 12 months in seasoned French oak barriques. Delicious dark fruit like blackberries and black currants complemented by a gentle mocha finish.
Maker:
Morningside Vineyard is located at Tea Tree in southeast Tasmania’s Coal River Valley wine region. Tea Tree is a 30-minute drive from Hobart (35 kilometres) and just a few kilometres from the historic village of Richmond. The name ‘Morningside’ was given to the old property on which the vineyard stands because it gets the morning sun; as you'd imagine the other side of the valley was known as Eveningside. Peter and Brenda Bosworth established the vineyard in 1980 the vineyard is planted to 2.8 hectares of vines, mostly to a selection of nine different clones of Pinot Noir.
Over the years Morningside has consistently produced fine, elegant wines and was awarded Best Tasmanian Small Grower-Maker in Phil Laing’s detailed summary of the Tasmanian wine industry, Tasmanian Wines.
Vineyard:
Coal River Valley is one of Tasmania’s and Australia’s most picturesque and historical towns – the vineyards of Morning Side Vineyard (Now part of Pressing Matters) are producing Bungundian-like Chardonnays and Pinot Noirs in the fertile and lush soils of Coal River Valley. Overall, the Coal River Valley is responsible for about 13% of Tasmania’s wine production
The Coal River Valley was part of the territory of the Oyster Bay, originally called Mumirimina by Indigenous people and became one of the earliest areas used by the first British settlers outside Hobart with Richmond established in the 1820s. Valued for its life giving river systems and nutritious soils, the first British settlers used the Valley as a mixture of grazing, pastureland and crop growing.
Fast forward to today. The land is primarily used for slow-maturing, cool-weather grapes and while the area is still celebrated for its peaty, rich soils, there is a rare slither of limestone in the Valley upon which Morningside & Pressing Matters vineyards sit. .This limestone adds finesse, minerality and structure to the wines.
Nose - Blackberries, Blackcurrants, Wood Spice
Subtle briary, dark fruited with blackberries and ripe raspberries, vanilla and sandalwood.
Palate - Dark Fruits, Earth, Mineral
Fruit driven, chocolatey notes, fleshy with persistent acidity to balance.
Finish - Powerful, Velvety, Mocha
Warm fruity finish, complemented by a gentle mocha finish and fine tannins.
The Finer Details
Style - Red Wine
Varietal - Pinot Noir
Country - Australia
Region - Coal River Valley, Tasmania
Vintage - 2019
Bottle Size - 750ml
ABV - 14.7%
Closure - Screw Cap
