2023 Ghost Rock 'Climat' Pinot Noir

Climat Vineyard was planted in 2014 and has been farmed organically since 2019. These single-vineyard wines are only made when vintage conditions are just right, and this 2024 is just the fifth release.  

Its sheltered northern slope and well-drained loam on sand soils provide the ideal environment for Pinot Noir, and the two hectares of vines are exclusively planted to this variety. The clonal mix is 777 (62%), MV6 (24%) and D4V2 (the balance). The fruit fermented spontaneously, and the wine matured in French barrels (33%) and was bottled without fining or filtration.  

About Ghost Rock  

Ghost Rock is absolutely on a roll—Best Pinot and all out champion of the show at Tassie wine show in January 2025 and winemaker Sierra Blair was crowned Young Gun of Wine People’s Choice.  Operating for 20 years in the Cradle Coast, the Arnold family are almost single-handedly responsible for the creation of the Cradle Coast wine region. Now under the capable management of second-generation Winemaker Justin Arnold, and his wife Alicia Peardon. 

The sites are variations on a theme of rich volcanic clay: some heavier, some loamier, some sandier. The team work to control vigour, letting the cover crops go in the mid-rows, thinning shoots, laying more canes, and so forth.

“They’re good sites, we’ve got the right clones and the acidity is the Tassie magic,” says Sierra. “I don’t know how much credit I can get for these wines being as good as they are.”