2023 Decades Pinot Noir

DECADES is the culmination of a 35-year friendship between famed Australian winemaker and consultant Steve Flamsteed, and Brad Rogers, notably known as the founder of Stone & Wood Brewing; having met on day one of their Oenology degree at
Roseworthy Agriculture College, way back in 1991. Fast forward the clock post years of cumulative work in their Australian beverage industry, numerous chats over fine wine and loud music, and the purchase of a 34-year-old 3-hectare vineyard in the Coal River Valley, and DECADES came to reality post the inaugural 2023 vintage. With a further undertaking of high-density plantings gone to ground in 2022 comprised of multiple clones of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay and the stewardship of one of the country’s most accomplished cool-climate winemakers, Decades is surely a name to watch.

2023 Pinot Noir; 96 Points; Nick Ryan, The Weekend Australian,

“This is a wine of whispered power, finely etched detail and sublimely supple texture. Black cherries and dried strawberries, a rippling seam of baking spices, a beguiling bass line of sweet earthiness. It’s the sinewy athleticism that really impresses here; the wine delivers plenty without ever getting paunchy. It’s alert, energetic and rolls across the palate with effortless momentum. This is not Joy Division, but Joy Multiplied."