An enticing wine that will awaken your senses from the very first encounter. Leather, boysenberry and sweet spices combine. The supple palate with its transparent flavours of red fruit and earthy textures leads to a finish that is both balanced and intriguing.

DOMAINE HENRI MAGNIEN Gevrey Chambertin 1er cru Champeaux , Gevrey-Chambertin

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.

As often happens with Calvert, the nose when young is slightly muted and more direct than exotic; pure and fine aromas, not bold and lush. The palate follows on accordingly, with clarity of fruit, roses and florals. Focussed, concentrated yet pure in the mid-palate, with its hallmark mineral texture, its firm but ultimately juicy on the finish. The vines are growing up and were seeing the puppy-fat turn to muscle.

DOMAINE DE LA COTE Bloom's Field Pinot Noir, Santa Rita Hills The Bloom’s Field is one of the Domaine's five single sites, on a southwest-facing hillside with clay on Monterey Shale bedrock. The Pinots from this windy spot are perhaps the lightest in colour and weight yet loaded with complexity both aromatically, and throughout the palate. Whole-bunch wild herbs and leafiness blend with cherry and pomegranate notes and the palate is awash with lush dark red fruits, fresh minerality, and a deep long finish.