The Bindi Dixon Pinot Noir is based upon declassified grapes from the Original Vineyard planted in 1988 and grapes from the new Block K, planted in 2001. The ideal of this wine is to produce a delicious, perfumed, spicy harmonious, textured wine that is not as intense, complex nor ageworthy as our individual vineyard wines. Even when the outstanding Block K vines are older we will continue to declassify sections or barrels from each vineyard and produce this wine.
The wine is fermented the same way as our other Pinot Noirs in that it is ostensibly 100% de-stemmed and gently worked in small open vats. The wine spends 11 months in French barrels, of which about 10-15% is new.
Production varies from 500-700 dozen per vintage.
This wine was formerly called Bindi Composition Pinot Noir.
"There’s a clear DNA link to the pinots from Bindi – from the aromas to how they feel on the palate. Wines of place. This is fine and pure, with cherry essence, lightly spiced sweet oak, some Middle Eastern spices too. Lots of heady aromatics folding onto the lighter-framed palate. Some chinotto comes through, blood orange and fresh herbs, as the lacy tannins caress and the acidity ensures length." 95 points.
Jane Faulkner
Published 29 June 2024
