William Downie | Cathedral Pinot Noir
William Downie
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- Region: Victoria, Australia
- Grapes: Pinot Noir
- Organic: Yes
- Vegan: Yes
- Low Sulphur: Yes
William Downie is a reference for minimal intervention, site specific Pinot Noir in Australia. He's always focussed on the grape, spending several harvests in Burgundy at Domaines Fourrier and Hubert Lignier early in his career, before working at Bass Phillip in Gippsland and De Bortoli. In 2003 he started his own label, sourcing and making Pinot from the Yarra Valley, Gippsland, and the Mornington Peninsula.
Cathedral is a precise and defined Pinot, made from grapes grown predominantly in Mornington Peninsula, with the rest from King Valley. The grapes were 100% de-stemmed and aged in mixture of open top wood and stainless steel. Dark red berries, soft spice, fresh acidity, and a lick of forest floor earthiness. Delicious!