“A vineyard planted in the ‘80s and now a single-site wine for Ashton Hills, off their commanding estate. A chirpy, almost crisp pinot noir of red and black cherry, green olive, brine, wild raspberry undercurrents, touches of cardamom and a strong finish with aniseed and salted licorice. Fantastic in its layers of flavours and aromas, concentrated but tight, tense with fine, al dente tannins, great length and overall a compelling wine.”
Mike Bennie (Halliday Wine Companion 2026)
"There’s lovely balance of freshness and earthy notes, with aromas of red cherries, cranberries, spices, citrus peel, slate, wet earth, porcini mushrooms and orange blossoms. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins and bright acidity, showing generosity and power with a mineral edge. The finish is refined, soft and understated, with underlying strength and ageability. Drink or hold. Screw cap."
Ryan Montgomery (JamesSuckling.com)
“The 2024 Single Vineyard Bowhouse Pinot Noir is the coolest and finest of the tranche of 2024 Ashton Hills Pinots on the bench here today. This is elegant and spicy, with silky tannins and a lovely, steady flow of red fruit. This is a beautiful wine from a great vintage. The wine was matured for 10 months in French oak (86% one year old). 13.5% alcohol, sealed under screw cap. The Bowhouse vineyard is located in the Piccadilly Valley (planted in the late 1980s) on a steep east-facing slope. Due to the slope and aspect of the Bowhouse site, the vines are shielded from the intense afternoon sun, which results in a longer, cooler and more even ripening period. Bowhouse vineyard has four clones of Pinot Noir—MV6, 114, 115 and D4V2—and the finished wine features a breakdown of 45% clone 114, 40% clone MV6 and the remaining 15% clone D4V2.”
Erin Larkin (Robert Parker Wine Advocate)
"Deep red rimmed with purple; the bouquet is sweetly ripe and black-cherried, plummy, spicy and detailed, with brandied cherry traces, and some chaffy/oaky notes. The palate is full and rich with good concentration and succulent flavour balanced by fine-grained tannins. Long and satisfying. Impressive pinot noir."
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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