Halliday Top 100 Wines of 2024

"Another stunning release from the Cooinda Vale vineyard, near Campania, for Pooley Wines; 10% whole bunches and matured in French oak (30% new) for 10 months. It's a captivating wine. Blood orange, dark and red cherry with wild strawberry top notes. The spice tones are exotic and gentle amaro herbs waft in and out of the drinker's line of sight. Hints of wildflowers, game, sous bois, Chinese five-spice, dried citrus rind and earth. Elegant and spacious in the mouth, pillowy fine tannins settling on the fruit, acidity sapid and lending a subtle umami facet as the wine slowly unwinds. It's nuanced, graceful and enthralling." - Dave Brookes

Halliday Rating - 98 Points