Elephant in the Room Palatial Lighter Alcohol South Australia Pinot Noir 2025 (Australia)

Description

Cherry, Oak, Spice

This Pinot Noir Delightfully ripe and gently lifted, showing dark cherry, strawberry, floral and subtle spice aromas, followed by a fruity palate that's silky and supple. Immediately approachable and enjoyable.

The Elephant in the Room wines are proudly large in scale and expansive in flavour. Ignoring fashion and braving the scorn “wine thought police” Elephant in the Room was created to give consumers exactly what they want – full bodied and mouth-filling wines that deliver maximum pleasure. Each wine is sourced from slow-ripening cool climate vineyards in the Limestone Coast of South Australia and partially matured in French Oak before final blending and bottling by Corey Ryan.

The 2025 vintage in South Australia was marked by a warm, dry, and early growing season, resulting in a rapid harvest and outstanding quality. Although yields varied across regions and varieties, winemakers are celebrating the wines’ impressive depth, structure, and vibrant flavour profiles.

Partially hand before de-stemming and fermentation in a combination of two tonne open fermenters with ten percent whole bunch and twice daily hand plunging and larger closed fermenters with pump overs. A small component of the blend is cool distilled whilst another undergoes ultra-membrane filtration. With very gentle handling, these components are masterfully blending back into the original parcel of wine to arrive at a wellintegrated, lighter finished ABV. The wine post fermentation & blending spends the following three months maturing in stainless steel and 20% in second-use oak before bottling.