Wickhams Road Pinot Noir 2024More forward than the Hoddles Estate range, Wickhams Road Yarra Valley Pinot Noir has a dark berry nose with a black cherries and plum on the palate. A combination of Upper Yarra Valley fruit and some experimental blocks off Hoddles. The wine sees about 20% whole bunches in the ferment to give spice and fine tannins. Spends about 20 days on skins and is bottled without fining or filtration.

Harvest: 19 March – 9 April 2024

Impossibly refined and intricately detailed

yet underpinned by savoury detail and structure

Hand-harvested fruit underwent natural fermentation in small open-top vessels

resulting in low crops of small bunches and berries with incredible concentration

planted in 1985

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It’s a little darker and more textural than the Myrtle Point Pinot Noir

Wrapping around a core of deep red fruit

and avoidance of fining or filtration preserve the integrity of the vineyard voice

Tannins are well integrated and soft on the finish with a good acid balance to compliment the fruit and alcohol sweetness at the back

“A wine of great intensity and complex flavour—cacao nibs