Picardy Wines Tête de Cuvée Pinot Noir 2022 from Pemberton, WA is a seriously special Pinot – the pinnacle of the Picardy range, multi‑clonal and incredibly poised, offering power and density yet somehow remaining soft, supple and seamless straight out of the bottle. It’s very much a grand, old‑world‑inspired Australian Pinot built for long, graceful ageing.

In the glass, Picardy Tête de Cuvée Pinot Noir 2022 is firmly structured and tightly coiled in its youth, with intense black‑cherry and wood‑spiced fruit wrapped in fine‑grained, charry, perfumed oak. Expect layers of oolong tea smoke, tealeaf spice, dried damask rose, blood‑orange and cured‑mushroom earthiness, all sitting over an iodine, blood‑stained, umami‑rich palate. Tannins are finely pigmented and firm, acidity is lacy and limber, and the finish seems to go on and on – a wine destined to sing after 5+ years in the cellar.

Food‑wise, this Tête de Cuvée Pinot Noir 2022 is tailor‑made for duck confit, game birds, porcini‑laden dishes and seriously refined restaurant‑level plates where its savoury complexity and structure can really shine. It will also be beautiful alongside earthy autumnal dishes and high‑quality cheeses, especially as bottle age brings more saline minerality and fanned‑out, velvety length to the palate.