Eileen Hardy was the Hardy family matriarch, an indomitable spirit and the first lady of Australian wine; her love of life still echoes through every Hardys wine and provides the inspiration to be the best. Winemakers select only the very best handpicked parcels of fruit from regions throughout Australia to carry the Eileen name. This is the first production of Eileen Hardy Pinot Noir since 2014 and demonstrates the strength of both the vintage in Tasmania as well as the fruit resource.

Poutures lies across the D974 from Clos Micot in a line under Rugiens. Deeper in colour. Nose of dark cherry and currants with a stony-quartz character. Mid palate is bright and juicy with more weight than Clos Micot. Fresh acidity. Quite profound, just needs more time in the bottle. Finishes with long, fine grain tannins.

The Yarra Yering Pinot Noir is produced from what are amongst the oldest Pinot Noir vines in the Yarra Valley. Always aristocratic, fragrant with intense aromas of sweet strawberry and ripe plums, the Yarra Yering Pinot rounds out with mouthfilling notes of the same with a length hard to ignore.

The domaine has an impressive portfolio of vineyards with several Grands Crus and the revered Premier Cru of Les Suchots. The Confurons have always taken the greatest care in the vineyards, performing their own massale selection of vines (ie selecting and using the healthiest plants for propagation), which are on average 65 years old. Unusually for Burgundy, their vineyards have never been treated with herbicides or pesticides, and the vine roots penetrate deep into the soils, giving the grapes a minerality that defines our terroir.