The Pinot Noir 2024
"This wine lives up to and, to my mind at this stage of its evolution in barrel, perhaps eclipses any other Pinot I have tasted from the Adelaide Hills..."
"…I noted it was near-perfect, and I stand by this thought today. And now it is bottled, I can register my enthusiasm with a score. As I wrote, back in January, 'Chapeau.' 19.5+/20"
Matthew Jukes
UK based International Wine Journalist, Judge and Educator. One of the world's leading experts on Australian wine.
"...I am beginning to understand the excitement surrounding the 2024 vintage in parts of South Australia. The intensity of the fruit here is matched and supported by a swathe of tannin that feels fully resolved and pliable, while the length of flavor through the finish tells another story as well about final fruit quality. This is a great wine here, and I'm looking forward to seeing it as a finished product."
Erin Larkin
Independent wine writer, judge and presenter based in Perth, Western Australia. Erin reviews Australian wines full time for Robert Parker Wine Advocate.
Shortly after flowering it was observed that 2024 would be a drastically small vintage. Windy, cool and rainy weather in late November resulted in a very poor grape set. In the cooler areas of Lenswood and Piccadilly, crops were down 65-70%.
To our surprise and delight, once grape maturity and testing started, we noted excellent colour, intensity and sugar acid balance – all indications of exceptional quality. These results held true across all Pinot vineyards and not just the cooler regions, a trend that was strongly reinforced when we started testing settled juice samples.
What had at first appeared as a looming disaster, now emerged a great opportunity. We believe 2024 produced the best parcels of Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir we have seen in the past 20 years.
The Pinot Noir may not be produced again for some time until these exceptional conditions reoccur.
The decision was made to produce a limited number of bottles of this outstanding Pinot Noir vintage to be made available to a select group of our followers appreciative of a rare and outstanding Pinot Noir.
Ordering process
- Your purchase is guaranteed on receipt of order, secure your allocation with the 'Buy Now' option.
- If you 'Register you interest' using the form below, you will be advised when the offering of 140 cases has been filled and then your commitment to purchase, if not already made, will be required by 1st September 2025.
- There will be a 'wait list' if the offering is fully subscribed.
- Shipping of The Pinot Noir will occur in October 2025, please nominate your preference of courier delivery or personal pick up at the Lenswood release.
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