{"product_id":"chatto-isle-pinot-noir-2024","title":"Chatto Isle Pinot Noir 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e #1 of 79 Pinot Noir from Tasmania - Huon Hooke, The Real Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An extraordinary pinot of serious weight, depth, perfume and structure.\"  Huon Hooke\u003cbr\u003e\"I love it. It's a sensational wine.\"  Erin Larkin\u003cbr\u003e\"What a beauty. I love the clarity and tension in this wine.\"  Dave Brookes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJim Chatto has been making wine for over 25 years and judging on the wine show circuit for nearly as long. He is an outstanding winemaker. At one stage he was \u003cspan\u003eChief Winemaker at both McWilliam’s in the Hunter Valley and Kreglinger in northern Tasmania, overseeing both groups' entire portfolios. \u003c\/span\u003eChatto's passion is Tasmanian Pinot Noir and in \u003cspan\u003e2007 he found a site in the Huon Valley looking out over Glaziers Bay. He began planting the 1.5 hectare Isle Vineyard, one of the most southerly vineyards in Australia, and released the first vintage in 2013. The 2024 Isle Pinot Noir is the first single-vineyard wine released off this vineyard.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"The wine is rich and concentrated on palate with tremendous depth of ripe cherry fruit flavour and a pleasant backing of fine, dry tannins. There is rich, ripe black fruit underneath the sulfides but it needs airing to bring the fruit aromas out. A great complexity of flavour and bouquet is eventually revealed. The texture is wonderfully sumptuous. An extraordinary pinot of serious weight, depth, perfume and structure.\"  Huon Hooke\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExpert reviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Deep and brightly youthful purple colour in the glass with a big waft of smoky reduction at first sniff. The wine is rich and concentrated on palate with tremendous depth of ripe cherry fruit flavour and a pleasant backing of fine, dry tannins. There is rich, ripe black fruit underneath the sulfides but it needs airing to bring the fruit aromas out. A great complexity of flavour and bouquet is eventually revealed. The texture is wonderfully sumptuous. An extraordinary pinot of serious weight, depth, perfume and structure. (3 to 4 clones selected from the Chatto family vineyard, Huon Valley). Drink 2025-2040.\"  \u003cstrong\u003eHuon Hooke, The Real Review - 98 points and #1 of 79 Pinot Noir from Tasmania\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A deeper ruby in the glass. The Isle Pinot Noir shows a reductive profile that is a little more smoothed out than its brethren\/sistren, the Intrigue. There's something vaguely maritime in the aromatic profile here, too, like earth on the breeze alerting a mariner's nostrils far from landfall. Dark cherry, wild strawberry and raspberry fruit tones with a captivating blood orange tone that pushes my buttons. Hints of souk-like spice, char siu, dark cherry conserve, negroni, light, toasty oak, dried shiitake, pomegranate, dried game meats, wildflowers and earth. I love the clarity and tension in this wine; the interplay between pure fruit, tannin and acidity captures and holds attention as the wine travels stony and composed across the palate. What a beauty. Drink by 2040.\"  \u003cstrong\u003eDave Brookes, Halliday Wine Companion - 97+ points and Special Value Wine  \u003cspan style=\"color: #f9e00c;\"\u003e★ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"The 2024 Isle Pinot Noir is the first single-vineyard wine that was released off this vineyard, and 2014 was the first release. The fruit is chosen specifically for this wine, no blending in the winery. It's \"just the best bits of the vineyard,\" says winemaker Jim Chatto. \"Each year, it happens to be the 777, 667 and Abel clones and some of the 115 clone if it's ripe in time.\" The fruit is pressed directly to barrel, and they remain in place without racking until bottling. While the other vintages of this wine have been quite reductive, the volume of fruit here dictates that the reduction is a complexing character that is woven through the finish. There's graphite, cold tea, star anise, black fruit and licorice. I love it. It's a sensational wine. 13.5% alcohol, sealed under screw cap. Drink: 2026-2036.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\"  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eErin Larkin, Wine Advocate - 97 points\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAwards\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e #1 of 79 Pinot Noir from Tasmania - Huon Hooke, The Real Review\u003cbr\u003eSpecial Value Wine – Halliday Wine Companion  \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #f9e00c;\"\u003e★ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJim Chatto\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg style=\"float: none;\" alt=\"Jim Chatto\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0642\/3098\/1873\/files\/Chatto2_1024x1024.png?v=1720488810\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eJim Chatto has been making wine for over 25 years and judging on the wine show circuit for nearly as long. \u003cspan\u003eHe is recognised as having one of the very best palates in Australia and is an outstanding winemaker. H\u003c\/span\u003ee's also one of the busiest. Keeping up with him and his wife Daisy and their moves between the Hunter Valley, Tasmania and Burgundy isn’t easy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe story begins when Jim was studying winemaking and tasted a 1984 Mount Pleasant Semillon. He was so blown away by it that he applied to work at Mount Pleasant. It didn’t work out, so he tried again in 1993 when he and his dad were travelling through the Hunter Valley and looking for work during harvest season. The second time around it still wasn’t meant to be, but Jim got a job with Greg Silkman at Tamburlaine winery instead. Tamburlaine was Australia’s largest producer of organic wines and helped to shape Jim’s 'less is more' winemaking philosophy. Silkman sold his share in Tamburlaine in 1996 and started up a contract wine business, First Creek Wines. Chatto joined him as assistant winemaker.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn 1998, Chatto moved from the Hunter Valley to Tasmania to become Chief Winemaker at the newly constructed Rosevears Winery in the Tamar Valley. The stint only lasted a year and a half but in that time he fell in love with Tasmanian Pinot Noir and a girl called Daisy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn 2000, Jim and Daisy left Tasmania for the Hunter Valley when Chatto returned to First Creek Wines as Chief Winemaker at their new facility. He also began the Chatto label and quietly began looking for the perfect vineyard site in Tasmania to make Pinot Noir. In 2007 he found a site in the Huon Valley looking out over Glaziers Bay. \u003cspan\u003eHe began planting the 1.5 hectare Isle Vineyard with 8 clones of Pinot Noir at a spacing of 5000 vines\/ha and the first vintage (made in the Hunter Valley) was released in 2013. \u003c\/span\u003eThe vineyard \u003cspan\u003eis one of the most southerly vineyards in Australia and a site that Chatto has described as being right on the edge of viticultural possibility. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eNone of this stopped Chatto from simultaneously pursuing a dynamic career in the Hunter Valley. He finished up at First Creek Wines after seven years to become Chief Winemaker at Pepper Tree Wines in 2007. His celebrated six-year stint at Pepper Tree saw Chatto direct winemaking in the Hunter Valley, Orange, Coonawarra and Wrattonbully. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut his fascination with Mount Pleasant hadn’t gone away and he was known to jump the fence a few times to get a peek at their vineyards. In 2013, with twenty Hunter Valley vintages under his belt, a dream opportunity arose; the job of Chief Winemaker at McWilliam’s Wines, makers of Mount Pleasant Wines. In an unprecedented move, Chatto was also offered the job of Chief Winemaker at Kreglinger Wine Estates. Chatto said the modern thinking and flexibility at both McWilliam’s and Kreglinger, which saw him overseeing both groups' entire portfolios, would allow him to \"do what I do best\".\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs only the fourth head winemaker at Mount Pleasant since it was founded by Maurice O’Shea in 1921, Jim was responsible for upholding the heritage of this iconic winery and preserving its great vineyard sites. \"There is such a strong sense of history at Mount Pleasant,\" he says. \"It’s like there is something in the air, something almost tangible. It’s inescapable for anyone that has worked there.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003csection\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"contained\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJim honoured the Mount Pleasant and McWilliam’s legacy, while taking the wines to a new level. He invested in the existing vineyards and planted new Mediterranean varieties like Sagrantino, Montepulciano, Mencia, Fiano and Vermentino. These were varieties well suited to the warmth of the Hunter Valley. In 2017, his work was recognised by Australia’s leading winemaker, James Halliday, when Mount Pleasant was named Winery of the Year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJim and Daisy finally returned to live full-time at Isle Vineyard in January 2017 and made the Chatto wines for the first time on site - previously the fruit was shipped up to the Hunter Valley and the wine made there. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Huon Valley was unable to harvest fruit in 2019 due to smoke taint from bushfires. However, Chatto received some parcels of fruit from vineyards in the North of Tasmania from friends at Marion's and Pipers Brook vineyards. \u003c\/span\u003eJim blended his first Tasmanian regional wine from these parcels under the Tasmania label. It has subsequently been renamed \u003ca name=\"_Hlk171453673\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003eLutruwita and today is a complex blend of at least 5 clones and 4 vineyard sites in the north, south and east of Tasmania.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfter the bushfires, Jim and his family travelled to Burgundy for the winter and got to meet and work with Jane Eyre, an Australian winemaker who has lived and worked in Burgundy since 2004. With her help, Chatto was able to secure a tiny two barrels of premier cru Burgundy from Savigny-lès-Beaune and, at Daisy’s behest, made a 2019 Burgundy. He made a Savigny-lès-Beaune the following year in 2020 and two wines in 2022.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhile they were in Burgundy, Jim was announced the Gourmet Traveller Winemaker of the Year 2019. Chatto was represented by his proud father David at the awards ceremony in Sydney. A recorded message from Chatto, standing in a windy Burgundy vineyard, was played.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 2023, Chatto re-joined Pepper Tree in the Hunter Valley as consultant winemaker for the brand, guiding the team in making wines from fruit sourced from around Australia. The difference between vintage times in the Hunter and the cooler Tasmania, allows him to continue producing his Chatto wines with his wife Daisy. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the winery\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0642\/3098\/1873\/files\/Chatto_Vineyard_1024x1024.png?v=1720494790\" alt=\"Chatto Vineyard\" style=\"margin-bottom: 16px; float: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn 1998, Jim Chatto moved to Tasmania as the inaugural winemaker for Rosevears Estate in the Tamar Valley. Prior to that he had worked five vintages in the Hunter Valley, firstly at Tamburlaine Winery and then at First Creek Wines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHe fell in love with Tasmanian Pinot Noir, and a girl called Daisy. In 2000, Jim and Daisy returned to the Hunter Valley to become\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black; background: white;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eChief Winemaker at First Creek Wine's new facility. However, he began the Chatto label and quietly began looking for the perfect vineyard site in Tasmania to make Pinot Noir. In 2007 he found a site in the Huon Valley looking out over Glaziers Bay. He began planting a 1.5 hectare vineyard with 8 clones of Pinot Noir at a spacing of 5000 vines\/ha and the first vintage (made in the Hunter Valley) was released in 2013. The Isle vineyard is one of the most southerly vineyards in Australia and a site that Chatto has described as being right on the edge of viticultural possibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe first Chatto Pinot Noir (2012) was released in 2013 while the family was living in the Hunter Valley. The fruit was shipped up to the Hunter and the wine made there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn 2013, in an unprecedented move, Chatto was also offered the job of Chief Winemaker at both McWilliam’s Wines in the Hunter Valley and Kreglinger Wine Estates in northern Tasmania. Chatto said the modern thinking and flexibility at both McWilliam’s and Kreglinger, which saw him overseeing both groups' entire portfolios, would allow him to \"do what I do best\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eJim's trips to Tasmania for Kreglinger allowed him to devote time to his own estate in the Huon Valley. In 2014 the fruit quality from pockets of the vineyard saw the introduction of the single vineyard Isle label. Only two wines, Isle and Intrigue, were being made from the vineyard in relatively small quantities and both sold out well before the next release.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eJim and Daisy finally returned to live full-time at Isle Vineyard in January 2017 and made the Chatto wines for the first time on site.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eFruit from a tiny neighbouring vineyard owned by Sue and Max Kitchell had been part of the Chatto stable since 2014. The Seven Inch vineyard had been planted in 2007 to a combination of 4 clones - 115, G5V15, D5V12 and 8104. In 2018, Chatto released the first stand alone wine from this vineyard under the Seven Inch label.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe Huon Valley was unable to harvest fruit in 2019 due to smoke taint from bushfires. However, Chatto received some parcels of fruit from vineyards in the North of Tasmania from friends at Marion's and Pipers Brook vineyards. Jim blended his first Tasmanian regional wine from these parcels under the Tasmania label. It has subsequently been renamed \u003ca name=\"_Hlk171453673\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003eLutruwita, \u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethe palawa kani name for the island state. Today, Lutruwita is a complex blend of at least 5 clones (114, 115, MV6, D5V12, G5V15) and 4 vineyard sites in the north, south and east of Tasmania.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAfter the bushfires, Jim and his family travelled to Burgundy for the winter and got to meet and work with Jane Eyre, an Australian winemaker who has lived and worked in Burgundy since 2004. With her help, Chatto was able to secure a tiny two barrels of premier cru Burgundy from Savigny-lès-Beaune and, at Daisy’s behest, made a 2019 Burgundy. He made a Savigny-lès-Beaune the following year in 2020 and two wines in 2022.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn 2020, Chatto harvested wine from his Isle vineyard in the Huon Valley and also took fruit from Bird (Pipers River), Marion's (Tamar Valley), Glengarry (Tamar Valley) and Seven Inch (Huon Valley). In total, Chatto released six single vineyard Pinots as well as the regional blend, Lutruwita.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChatto has just completed an early, long and excellent 2024 harvest at Isle Vineyard. 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