Cranbrook East Coast Tasmania -
Spring Vale, from Cranbrook on Tasmania's East Coast is one of
Tasmania's best-known pinots. The Lyne family whose generations have
farmed Spring Vale since 1875, diversified from sheep farming to grape
growing in the 1980s. Daughter Kristin and husband Dave Cush make the
wines.
Vintage 2009 Spring Vale Pinot Noir is one of the best vintages of this wine in the last decade, the quality evident to all who tasted at our Pinot Showcase last year. It was the top-selling wine and was voted in the top 6 favourite pinots.
AGT WINE, reviewing Tasmanian pinot noir last year, rated it very highly -
Top 10, Best Rated Tassie Pinots AGT WINE October 2011: '...had
wide approval from the panel. "A high-toned nose." started Bourne,
"with red fruits and spices. Medium weight of fruit, in the raspberry,
redcurrant spectrum, before oak kicks in." He found the tannins a bit
edgy on the finish and I agreed, although the depth of fruit is enough
to match them. Development is beginning to add cedary complexity
