The fruit for this vintage was hand selected from throughout the Southern Valleys, a Marlborough sub region renowned for growing Pinot Noir with great colour, intensity, excellent texture and ripeness. Discover aromas of dark cherry and bramble, with sweet spice and subtle toasty notes. On the palate, enjoy flavours of cherry compote, mocha and clove, with earthy smokey notes from careful barrel aging in French oak hogsheads.

Medium-bodied, elegant wine with bright red fruit aromas of cherry, strawberry, and raspberry, complemented by subtle earthy and spice notes. On the palate, it shows juicy red fruit, fine silky tannins, and a fresh mineral-driven acidity, all balanced with gentle French oak. Ready to enjoy now or cellar for 5–10 years, it pairs beautifully with lighter red meats, duck, or richer poultry dishes.

The bouquet displays vibrant characters of dark cherry and plum. Use of French oak adds further layers of complexity to the aromas. The wine has great presence, texture and length. The palate is long and finishes with powdery, yet persistent tannins. Ripe and powerful, a great Yarra valley Pinot Noir which will also reward careful cellaring.

This wine, Freycinet's junior Pinot Noir, reveals liveliness and youthfulness in its colour, aroma and flavours. Similar winemaking techniques are utilized as for their renowned Freycinet Pinot Noir. Fully ripened fruit from their Louis vineyard site is fermented over a 7 to 8 day period in a rotary fermenter. A pure yeast culture is added and the ferment temperature is allowed to peak at 32 degrees. After gently extracting colour, flavour and tannins from the skins the wine is pressed and matured in French oak barriques (8% new) for 12 months prior to bottling.

The nose displays aromas of raspberry and herbs with an attractive earthiness. The palate shows red berries, pomegranate and some lovely forest floor characters. A fine tannin profile and bright natural acid lift provide great depth and structure to the plate. The beautiful acidity suggests this.

Blason de Bourgogne is a range of authentic appellations from a diversity of terroirs, specific to Bourgogne.ThisBOURGOGNE PINOT NOIR comes from limestone-clay soils located in the hills of Hautes Côtes in the Burgundy region.Vinification is made using a cold pre-fermentation maceration technique with 15 days vatting. Alcoholic fermentation takes place in stainless steel vats. The malolactic fermentation is completed, before the wine is matured for 12 months in vats. <

Pinot noir sourced from the Coal River and Derwent valleys in Tasmania and the Upper Yarra Valley in Victoria. Bright ruby with ripe dark and red cherry fruits, raspberry coulis and wild strawberry with hints of leaf litter, spice, softly spoken vanillin oak, char siu, mushroom broth, amaro herbs and wildflowers. Graceful and pure with excellent tension between fruit and mineral acidity, fading off slowly in a fan of spiced red fruits.