“A succulent, oh-so-pure, fresh and revitalising pinot noir of compact texture, bright flavour, ebullient perfume, satisfying tannin and lip-smacking deliciousness. It nails the brief. Red cherry, a dusting of sweet spice, some alpine herbs, a touch of cedar and clove with light truffle and mushroom savouriness. A beautiful wine, with perfect pinosity. Fun and wonderful drinking ensues.”
Mike Bennie (Halliday Wine Companion 2026)
"This is an excellent wine with real clarity of fruit and precision, showing underlying power and generosity. Aromas of wild red berries, spices, earth, mushrooms, potpourri, citrus peel and river stones. The palate has ultra-refined tannins and a plush, rounded mouthfeel, bringing depth of flavor, focused acidity and a spice- and earth-driven finish. Excellent. Drink or hold. Screw cap."
Ryan Montgomery (JamesSuckling.com)
(2025 Adelaide Hills Wine Show)
"A well-balanced wine – savoury, fruit-driven, stern yet soft. Poached cherries, pressed flowers and dried strawberries. A hint of charred paperbark. It’s sophisticated – the kind that wears its shirt tucked in and keeps the sheets with perfect hospital corners."
Tony Love & Cyndal Petty (The Vintage Journal - SA Wine Guide 2026)
"Deep red-purple colour; subdued and slightly muffled at first, then forest-floor, fungal and earthy aromas; dark fruits partly hidden. The palate is intense and focused, driven by good fruit concentration and fresh acidity. Compact and long-lasting flavour. Excellent."
Huon Hooke (The Real Review)
“A single-vineyard wine, from a site planted in ‘87 ‘across the road’. A distinctly dark-fruited, sweet spiced, cumin and cardamom-laced pinot noir of savoury nature with a touch of fruitiness. Soft texture, a wash of lacy tannin, a dry, truffle-and-earth finish. A compelling expression for its distinct, original nature, and a wine to contemplate in glass.”
Mike Bennie (Halliday Wine Companion 2026)
"The premier release of this wine. Perfumed and precise, with aromas of red cherries, potpourri, dried strawberries, mushrooms, pomegranates, cranberries and crushed stones. The palate is mid-weighted and plush, with fruit density that is pure and driven, supported by fine tannins, a minerally, earth-driven edge and a touch of umami. Very well constructed. Drink or hold. Screw cap."
Ryan Montgomery (JamesSuckling.com)
“The 2024 Single Vineyard Woods Hill Pinot Noir is aromatically seductive, populated by sweet fruit and baking spices, and the sense is that this will be a long, silky ride. The palate reveals a wine just as promised, with sapid fruit and a long tailing finish. The Woods Hill vineyard (planted in 1987), is located across Tregarthen Road from the Ashton Hills estate in the Piccadilly Valley. The Woods Hill vineyard has a slightly lower elevation than the estate vineyard, and this produces altogether different fruit notes. Additionally, the rows are oriented in the opposite way, and the vineyard gently faces east. The vineyard is planted to Pinot Noir (D5V12 clone), and all blocks within are harvested individually and kept separate during vinification. The wine matured in French oak (45% new) for 10 months.”
Erin Larkin (Robert Parker Wine Advocate)
"Deep, almost brooding purple-red colour, with a shy, somewhat closed nose, showing some raspberry and building blackberry to dark plum aromas with time in the glass. In the mouth, this is a fuller style of pinot albeit with suppleness and measured tannin firmness, really generous fruit flavour and the aftertaste glides on effortlessly. Very tidy pinot noir. (Destemmed. D5V12 clone.)"
Huon Hooke (The Real Review)
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