2022 Prophets Rock Olearia Pinot Noir

"The 2022 Olearia Pinot Noir is the second vintage of the Olearia Vineyard and is planted on schist at Rocky Point. The vineyard is now 15 years old, and it took that long to get to a place where the fruit was complex and mature enough to be bottled under its own label. Olearia is a native flowering tree with highly aromatic flowers (features in the vermouth, if you're interested!). The 2022 Olearia and the Home Vineyard Pinot Noirs are being tasted side by side today, and both were picked at the same time (depending on the parcels, all within five days of each other), and made in the same way, so it's a fascinating dive into terroir. In the Olearia glass, the wine is lighter in color and more mineral on the nose, with graphite, dried bay leaf, hints of scratched licorice, cracked white peppercorns and pomegranate molasses. In the mouth, the wine is silky and restrained, with fruit, yes but tannins most clearly. This is gritty and chalky at once, with a mineral splay of texture through the finish—the tannins drag the flavor through the long finish. Very impressive wine here. Winemaker Paul Pujol just showed me a photo of the “soil,” which is composed of very little organic matter and loads of broken schist rock. 13% alcohol, sealed under Diam. 32 barrels made. Drink 2023-2038"

"Flint, schist, and dried strawberries with some orange peel undertones. Briny. Perfumed. Medium body, firm and velvety with a creamy and polished finish. Shows brightness with a caressing mouthfeel. From organically grown grapes. Drink or hold."

"This one comes from higher sites on the high site of Prophet’s Rock in Bendigo, Central Otago. Succulent, fine and grainy, dark fruited but layered with alpine herbs, chewy, woody spice characters and silty with schisty, crushed rock and slate characters. It’s tightly wound, compact, all about minerality and savouriness, really delicious and delightful, a wine to let unwind and explore with luxurious time. Seriously good."