ChaLou Pinot Noir

Succulent red berry fruits with tones of dried thyme and pomegranate on the nose. Palate is light-medium bodied with ripe red cherry and subtle spice framed by savoury tannins.

Cellaring: Drinking beautifully +15years
 
Nadja Wallington : CHALOU WINES : YOUNG WINEMAKER OF THE YEAR

As great rootstock is the foundation for great wine, so too the winemaker. For Nadja Wallington, the choice to follow her parents was simple – her wines anything but.

Nadja Wallington has not wasted a minute of her 32 years. Not that she is in a rush. As co-owner of ChaLou wines, with like-minded husband Steve Mobbs, she likes to take the long way with her winemaking, preferring to do things slowly and with more consideration. “We want to make wines that we are really proud of, that are really engaging and tell the story of who we are and where we come from,” she says. The philosophy to make wines that reflect not only the site but also the people involved, has been formed through Wallington growing up on a family vineyard in Canowindra, and by working vintages at small wineries in Australia and abroad.

"I stubbornly had not thought of anything else. It was always such a positive memory of my parents. It was the lifestyle and the culture that dragged me into it."