Description / Reviews
"Elegant and deeply layered, the 2023 Home Vineyard Pinot Noir reveals dark cherry, plum and dried herbs, framed by fine tannins and subtle savoury complexity. The palate is rich yet refined, with great balance, persistence and purity.
Sourced from the organically certified Home Vineyard in Bendigo, planted between 1999 and 2001, the site sits high on the north-facing slopes of Chinaman’s Terrace. The ancient clay and limestone soils here produce Pinot Noir with remarkable depth and structure." - Franc About Wine, Importer
"Starts slow but is worth the wait. Complex aromatics, with dark plums, black cherry, waxy notes, dried rose petal, wild thyme, peaty earth; not the easiest to tease out the wine's individual components. A mouthfilling, compact and very textural palate with abundant, ripe tannins. Pretty tightly wound now but the fruit concentration and super-length speak of good things to come." - 97 Points, Emma Jenkins MW, Decanter
"It's a beautiful vineyard, this one. It's high, some 320–390m on a glacial terrace above Bendigo, on some of the oldest soils in the region, composed of clay and pedogenic limestone. Mid-ruby in the glass. Exotically spiced wild strawberry and raspberry fruits with a blast of cherry and hints of meadow herbs, sous bois, lightly smoked meats, earth, citrus blossom and dried rinds, poached rhubarb, lavender and crushed stone. Some biscuity oak and nutmeg on the palate, which shows a pleasing fruit weight and spicy vapour trail carried by a vivid mineral line onwards into the distance. Such great drinking." - 96 Points, Dave Brookes, Halliday Wine Companion
