2023 Ashton Hills Piccadilly Valley Pinot Noir Magnum 1500ml

94 POINTS

Mike Bennie - Halliday Wine Companion

There's an inherent vibrancy and energy to this wine, with bright fruit, lithe spice elements, toasty notes gently sewn through and a core of crushed rock minerality that weaves evenly and with interest through it all. Succulent texture, a gentle nature despite the vitality, transparency and purity as bylines. Delicious drinking ensues, and for those seeking understated and elegant rendering of the variety, look no further. Should mature gracefully in the medium term too.

93 POINTS

James Suckling

Elegant and perfumed, with vibrant fruit aromas of wild raspberries, dark cherries, cassia bark and orange peel. The palate is medium-bodied with very fine tannins and bright acidity, showing notes of ruby grapefruit, duck consomme, wet earth, blueberry bush and red apple skin. Delicate and refined, from a cool vintage with 20% whole-cluster fermentation.

93 POINTS

Erin Larkin - Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2023 Piccadilly Valley Pinot Noir was sourced from a selection of vineyards within the valley: Bowhouse, Woods Hill, Whisson, Deanery and Grigg. In the glass, the wine is a pale ruby and, aromatically, leads with strawberry, red apple, clove and potpourri. On the palate, the wine is tight and a little tart, with chinotto and blood orange, cherry and star anise. The 10% whole bunches emphasize the spiciness of the wine. It gets better as you drink more of it—an admirable quality in any wine—and the red fruit really starts to settle into the structure. I'd suggest getting this in a big glass and letting some air into it—it helps. 13% alcohol, sealed under screw cap.

93 POINTS

Campbell Mattinson - The Wine Front

Fluid movement. This is so spicy it’s almost peppery, though it also leans on the sappy side of that equation. But it’s the juicy, energetic flow of the fruit that really draws you in. Cherry-cranberry-strawberry characters wash attractively throughout, ushering those abundant spice notes. Tannin clumps slightly perhaps though it’s quickly moved along by the juiciness of the fruit. This is a lovely drink.

92 POINTS

James Suckling

Vibrant, red-fruited aromas of wild raspberries, strawberries, cassia bark, orange peel and violets. The palate is lightly structured with fine tannins and bright acidity, giving notes of cherries, ruby grapefruit and pomegranates. An elegant and pretty pinot from a cool vintage. 20% whole-cluster fermentation.