Pinot Noir Wines
Maligned by some and revered by others, Pinot Noir wine certainly is divisive, but we all love it at WD. The truth is, it’s a bugger of a grape to grow well, that’s in the handful of regions that can actually grow it well, and it's harder still to turn into something worth drinking. But when you combine grapes that have been lovingly tended with a winemaker worth their salt, something ethereal, almost transcendent transpires. We have spent many an eve discussing life, the universe and everything with a bottle of Yarra Valley, Mornington Peninsula or, indeed, Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir at the table... and the answers to the questions posed are always more profound in the presence of this most noble of grape varieties.
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- Boho Farm Queen Bee Reserve Pinot Noir 2021Special Price $55.00 Regular Price $60.00An intriguing pinot produced from a 35yo Fleurieu peninsula vineyard which is both cool climate and maritime influenced. This resulting Pinot, a reserve selection off their best vines, offers structure and power. It’s worth decanting and will absolutely continue to improve with cellaring. Superb structure and depth of flavour here. Learn More
- Heirloom Alcazar Castle Pinot Noir 2021Special Price $70.00 Regular Price $80.00Expressive, grounded, powerful, playful. This is an exceptional Pinot Noir sourced from a single vineyard in Charleston. Red and purple aromatics lead to a powerful yet aquiline palate offering roses, cherries, violets, spice, must and toastiness. The palate is long and the tannin finish fine. The acidity elevates the fruit. Exceptional. Learn More
- Heirloom Vineyards Velvet Fog Pinot Noir 2023Special Price $38.00 Regular Price $40.00A very expressive nose, offering purple Pinot perfume and pristine red fruit aromatics, along with spice. The palate is big by Pinot standards, laden with strawberries, savories, spice, salinity and beetroot. Sensational value. Learn More
- Novum Marlborough Pinot Noir 2021$60.00As Bob Campbell says, 'Novum deserves to be on every wine lovers' radar.' Novum concentrates on miniscule yields and then selects only the best fruit available. A visit to their website will often show nothing available for sale, such is the gap between supply and demand. A rich and elegant palate, on the first mouthful you are met with seductive black fruits but, will find it evolves into a more savoury style Pinot, with small hints of red fruit to add some very welcomed freshness. Spiced dark cherry, strawberry, cloves, and a gentle earthiness linger from the glass, enticing you to come back to this beautiful Pinot again and again. Try after a brief decant, the wine will open up to expose more of the cherry and earthy notes. Learn More
- Picardy Pemberton Pinot Noir 2021Special Price $58.00 Regular Price $70.00Pinot Noir is Bill and Dan Pannell’s great love, especially the Pinots of Burgundy. With every year Bill and Dan get a little closer to making the ‘perfect pinot’. When our buyer Matt left Picardy (he was vineyard serf and assistant winemaker until 2003), the wine was made from 5 clones, including the highly prized Burgundian selection ‘777’ which Bill Pannell spent close to a decade getting into Australia. You’ll now find a number of Aussie wineries with 777 planted, all thanks to the hard work of the Pannells. Today the Pinot is made from 11 individual clones, 6 of which have been sourced from Corton, Burgundy. Whilst the wine was excellent back in the early 2000’s, it is now superb, one the best Pinot Noirs made in Australia, year in, year out. The 2021 is perfectly balanced, structured, chalky, elegant and mineral. There are plenty of red fruits, spice, and cedar. The perfect balance of fine boned acidity, mouthfeel and texture makes this wine seem elegant and effortless, yet it is incredibly powerful and deep. Tannins on the finish are glassine in a very Burgundian fashion. Magnificent. Learn More
- Riposte 'The Dagger' Pinot Noir 2023$24.00Typically fresh and zesty. this edition of the Dagger is brimful of with fresh red and forest fruits. A modern Pinot in style and unashamedly light to med bodied and made to enjoy young. That said, there's good fruit in this Pinot, which is of a genuinely high quality. Learn More