Hughes & Hughes Pinot Noir 2021
This is a textural pinot noir with red cherry fruits and boysenberry fruits with a mild herbal influence. Violet flowers and wild undergrowth characters make for a well weighted and velvety mid palate with finely grained tannins providing a well structured finish that should see this wine continue to drink well, through to 2028.
Rating: #excellentwine 93pts
Last tasted 16/4/23
vegan friendly
Winemaker Notes - Fruit from vineyards in the Coal River, Derwent and Tamar Valley’s, the North West and the D’Entrecasteaux Channel. Predominantly whole berry, 8% whole bunch, natural yeast, held on skins for 16-21 days. Pressed directly to and matured in oak (6% new). Bottled unfined and unfiltered.
This is a textural pinot noir with red cherry fruits and boysenberry fruits with a mild herbal influence. Violet flowers and wild undergrowth characters make for a well weighted and velvety mid palate with finely grained tannins providing a well structured finish that should see this wine continue to drink well, through to 2028.
Rating: #excellentwine 93pts
Last tasted 16/4/23
vegan friendly
Winemaker Notes - Fruit from vineyards in the Coal River, Derwent and Tamar Valley’s, the North West and the D’Entrecasteaux Channel. Predominantly whole berry, 8% whole bunch, natural yeast, held on skins for 16-21 days. Pressed directly to and matured in oak (6% new). Bottled unfined and unfiltered.
This is a textural pinot noir with red cherry fruits and boysenberry fruits with a mild herbal influence. Violet flowers and wild undergrowth characters make for a well weighted and velvety mid palate with finely grained tannins providing a well structured finish that should see this wine continue to drink well, through to 2028.
Rating: #excellentwine 93pts
Last tasted 16/4/23
vegan friendly
Winemaker Notes - Fruit from vineyards in the Coal River, Derwent and Tamar Valley’s, the North West and the D’Entrecasteaux Channel. Predominantly whole berry, 8% whole bunch, natural yeast, held on skins for 16-21 days. Pressed directly to and matured in oak (6% new). Bottled unfined and unfiltered.
About Hughes & Hughes
Brothers Matthew and Jonathan Hughes established Mewstone vineyard on the banks of the D’Entrecasteaux Channel in 2011. We create expressive single site wines with a minimum of intervention in the winery. The vineyard is a former cherry orchard and with some new plantings in 2017 has expanded to a final size of 3.6 hectares. The original planting consists mostly of pinot noir with small plantings of chardonnay, syrah and riesling.
Jonny is the winemaker in this family venture. He studied winemaking in New Zealand before working in Langhorne Creek (South Australia), Central Otago (NZ), Mornington Peninsula (Victoria), Barolo (Italy), the Hunter Valley (New South Wales) and Okanagan Valley (Canada). Heading home to Tasmania, Jonny worked in various roles within the local wine industry, before settling in as the Assistant Winemaker at Moorilla in Hobart for seven years.
To keep Jonathan busy we also make wines under the hughes & hughes label. A venture that focuses more on winemaking. Sourcing quality grapes from other local vineyards, our hughes & hughes range allows Jonathan to be more daring with his winemaking endeavours and bring together techniques that he has encountered from his world travels. The most playful of this range is our lo-fi, living wines made without any sulphur adds. Producing in small amounts means he can put a whole lot of love into these unique creations.
