Tolpuddle Vineyard, established in 1988, is a distinguished cool-climate winery situated in Tasmania's Coal River Valley, near Richmond and approximately 20 minutes from Hobart. The vineyard is renowned for its exceptional single-vineyard Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. In 2011, it was acquired by Michael Hill Smith MW and Martin Shaw, proprietors of Shaw + Smith in South Australia's Adelaide Hills, who have since elevated its reputation to international acclaim. 

The grapes all hand-picked and fermented as a combination of whole berries and whole bunches, in open fermenters, with gentle plunging. The wine was aged in french oak for nine months, of which about one third was new.

Winemaker Notes

The wine is true to Tolpuddle style. It has very intense red and dark berry fruit, as well as some wild fennel and rhubarb notes on the nose. On the palate, there is alot concentrated fruit, balanced by fresh acidity and some fine tannins. Cherry and Raspberry notes through to darker blueberry and boysenberry give complexity to a palate that flows seamlessly, and some Chinese five spice characters give a hint of more savoury notes to come with time. Tolpuddle