2024 Woods Hill Single Vineyard Pinot Noir

Varieties Pinot Noir (100%)
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Our Woods Hill vineyard, planted in 1987, sits directly across Tregarthen Rd from Ashton Hills in the Piccadilly Valley. Although the site is only meters away from our estate vineyard, the characters produced from the Woods Hill vineyard are entirely different due to a slightly lower elevation, opposite row orientation and gentle east facing aspect. Each section of Pinot Noir is planted to the D5V12 clone and are all harvested individually and kept separate during vinification.

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Bouquet
Ripe satsuma plum, blackberry and dark cherry feature with a splash of cardamom and smoked, charry meats.

Palate
A burst of dark fruits ignite the soft and supple palate which finishes with a complex mix of damp soil, mushrooms and cedar spice. Beautifully ripe tannins and fine grained French oak guide the wine across the palate providing a long and textured finish.

Growing Conditions
The Piccadilly Valley was impacted by cool weather during flowering, resulting in reduced volumes for the 2024 vintage. A wetter than average December and January made way for a warm and dry February with excellent conditions for ripening. Consecutive hot days in the second week of March accelerated things and harvest was completed by March 16.
95

“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

95

"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

95

“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

95

"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