Pinot Noir

Otago, New Zealand. This is the 8th release of our Pioneer Series Pinot Noir. Our established and well received style of vivid, deep color, rich fruit, ripe tannins, spices and earth, maintains our high value for money standards we deliver in all our Pioneer Series wines. Very full on the palate, a touch of glycerol coats the mouth, delivering a long, welcome and very smooth finish. Easily enjoyed on its own, this wine has the depth of flavor to match with a wide variety of foods such as chicken, lamb and venison...

Adelaide Hills, South Australia. The light colour belies the intensity of this wine. Red fruit aromas in the red cherry and redcurrant spectrum carry through onto the  palate. A medium bodied style, with some savoury elements, and a firm, grippy finish, with tautness and strictness that bodes well  for cellaring...

McLaren Vale, South Australia. This is a complex and powerful wine, where fresh wild berries, cherry and red liquorice intertwine with dried herbs, rustic spice and fine boned tannins, all held together by a refreshing acidity. A single vineyard bush vine block on the outskirts of McLaren Flat...

Sonoma County, California USA. Siduri, named for the Babylonian goddess of wine, specializes in cool-climate Pinot Noir from growing regions across California and Oregon. Our winemakers’ constant pursuit of Pinot perfection has led to long-standing relationships with top growers in premier appellations from Oregon’s Willamette Valley to California’s Santa Barbara County...

Great Southern, Western Australia. The 2024 Wide Open Road Pinot Noir is an early release style of Pinot Noir owing as much to Cru Beaujolais as to Mercurey. Lifted cherry, raspberry and floral fruit has bonbon lift a cherry stone mouthfeel. The fresh fruit driven palate has bright raspberry, stalky rhubarb and fruit pip chewiness...

McLaren Vale, South Australia. The Aster has ripe red fruit on the nose – think plums and strawberries along with a light, alluring spice. The Spring Seed Pinot Noir is a middle weight wine with red fruit running through the palate and framed within lovely tannins...

Freycinet Coast, Tasmania.  Aromas of lavender and violets. Full flavoured plums with ripe, sweet fruit and fine tannins. A supple mid-palate married well with oak and delicate acid enhancing a long finish...

WINERY RATING
James Halliday,	Australian Wine Companion 2009

Freycinet Coast, Tasmania.  A lighter style Pinot, similar to a medium-structured Beaujolais. A delightful drink with strawberry and raspberry aromas with subtle oak. Top value...

WINERY RATING
James Halliday,	Australian Wine Companion 2009

Marlborough, New Zealand. Starborough is a family owned and operated boutique Marlborough wine producer, with vineyards in the Wairau and Awatere valleys. In 1865, William Jones came to Marlborough from England looking for a farm and a brighter future. Four generations later the Jones family continue that tradition with Starborough wines...