The Fogarty family first landed in Tasmania from Ireland in the mid-1800s, and have recently returned to their roots with their exciting project Lowestoft. Produced from the close-planted (8,300 vines per hectare) vines at Lowestoft planted in 1986.

Jimmy Watson Memorial Trophy - Royal Melbourne Wine Show 2023
Trophy for Best Pinot Noir - Royal Melbourne Wine Show 2023
98 Points & Gold Medal  - Royal Melbourne Wine Show 2023

Trophy for Best Pinot Noir - Royal Adelaide Wine Awards 2023
95 Points & Gold Medal - Royal Adelaide Wine Awards 2023

Boom! You'll probably have to scurry around to secure some bottles of this, as it won the coveted Jimmy Watson Trophy at the 2023 Melbourne Royal Wine Awards, but it is worth the hunt. It's a beautiful wine with a brilliant ruby hue in the glass and aromas of ripe dark cherry, dried cranberry and raspberry coulis underlined by hints of souk-like spice, amaro herbs from the whole-bunch component, pomegranate, tea leaves, char siu, dried citrus rind, sage and Peking duck. Wonderfully composed and silken on the palate with pitch-perfect fruit expression and bunch tannins; textural and complex with a lacy, mineral acid cadence and a finish that lingers for a long time with exotic spice and pure red and dark fruits. Such a beauty. Date: Jan 2024; Alcohol: 14%; Drink by: 2043; Rating: 98 Points & Special Value Star; James Halliday Wine Companion

This is an arresting Pinot Noir. It’s sizeable but it’s complex and then some. It lays undergrowth and general forest floor characters on thick, which is always a good thing, or is so long as it has the fruit to match, and this wine certainly has that. Spiced plums, smoked meats, cranberries, a pure, sweet, red berried note and wafts of nutty oak; it’s seductive, it’s wild, it’s bold and for all its upfront appeal, it also unfurls as it breathes. There’s a twiggy, tea-like complexity here too, and in the interest of full disclosure, a touch of alcohol warmth. But the quality is clear throughout; this is a beauty.  Date: Jun 2024; Alcohol: 14%; Closure: Screwcap; Drink: 2026-2034+; Rated: 5 Points; Campbell Mattinson; The Wine Front