CHÂTEAUNEUF DU PAPE Blanc Domaine de Cristia 2024 vs DOUG'S VINEYARD PINOT NOIR Macedon Ranges Joshua Cooper 2022

DOUG'S VINEYARD PINOT NOIR Macedon Ranges Joshua Cooper 2022

I’ve been in love with Doug for a few years now, well I don’t know the man but the vineyard sure produces exceptional fruit as this is an exquisite wine. Cherries and kirsch, raspberry coulis and an abundance of exotic spices with some twiggy, whole-bunch punch, chinotto and a blood orange tang, too. In other words, there’s complexity and detail. Fruit and oak tannins frame the mid-weighted palate, which is plush and almost sensual. Overall, tannins are silky and glide across the palate helped on the way by fine acidity. Wow, what a wine.