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Geelong (Moorabool Valley), Victoria, Australia
BY Farr Sangreal Pino Noir 2024
By Farr
The Farrs' flagship single-vineyard pinot — perfume, flesh and silk.
$135.00
750mlVintage may change. If it does, we’ll notify you of any price adjustment before dispatch.
About
Sangreal is the Farr family's flagship pinot noir site: a north-facing slope of ironstone-streaked bluestone and limestone planted in 1994. Made as always with 70% whole bunches and 70% new oak — four-day cold soak, natural ferment in a five-tonne oak vat, 18 months in barrel, unfined and unfiltered. The 2024 shows pretty perfume, red cherries and a touch of gamey complexity, then juicy dark berries and barrel spice on a denser, silky tannin frame from the warm season. Approachable now with a decant, and built to cellar.
Sangreal comes from By Farr's oldest vineyard, planted in 1994 on a north-facing Moorabool Valley slope. Bluestone lies beneath limestone, while red ironstone marks the surface. The north-south rows receive full sun, and this block is usually picked first.
The Pinot Noir spends four days cold soaking before natural fermentation in an open oak fermenter. Seventy percent whole bunches and seventy percent new oak shape the wine, followed by 18 months in barrel. It is bottled unfined and unfiltered. Give the 2024 a decant, then serve with duck, mushroom dishes, or roast chicken. Its fragrance and fine tannin suit a quieter dinner.
Producer note
By Farr is Gary Farr — one of Victoria's most iconic winemakers, formerly of Bannockburn — with son Nick now making the wines from the family's close-planted Moorabool Valley vineyards.
Structure
Grape
Picked on Stef's structure profile.
