Bindi Dixon Pinot Noir 2023
$69.99
VERY LIMITED
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Description
Bindi’, 50 kilometres north-west of Melbourne in the Macedon Ranges, is the family property of the Dhillon family. Originally purchased in the 1950s as part of the larger grazing farm ‘Bundaleer’, ‘Bindi’ is a 170 hectare farm of which 7 hectares are planted to Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. Fifteen hectares are dedicated to managed plantation eucalypts for high grade furniture timber whilst the remainder of the land is maintained as remnant bush land and important indigenous grasslands.
The Bindi vineyard is the fundamental focus of our endeavors. Our vineyard and winemaking philosophy is to seek balance and purity in the expression of our various individual vineyard sites and this philosophy is applied to farming and conservation at ‘Bindi’; the preservation of the natural harmony.
Campbell Mattinson on Bindi “The Bindi farm spans 170ha but only 7ha is planted to vines. This simple fact is an insight into the care and respect the Dhillon family has for its land, its heritage and its future. There are only 2 varieties planted (pinot noir and chardonnay) on the home vineyard, with both long-established for their stellar quality. Bindi is without question among a select few at the top echelon of Australian wine and essentially has been ever since its 1988 plantings first hit their straps.”
Michael Dhillon – Halliday’s Winemaker of the Year 2022
About this wine from the winemaker: “In 1853 Henry Reed Dixon came to Gisborne, a town his family would have a continuing connection with to this day. From paymaster of the railway, to real estate, to farming and now winemaking, our (his) family has had a significant presence in the growing community.
“The Bindi Dixon Pinot Noir is based upon declassified grapes from the Original Vineyard planted in 1988 and grapes from the Kaye vineyard, 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 Kaye vineyard 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 10 months (a little earlier than the other five Bindi Pinot Noirs; at ten months rather than 15) in French barrels, of which about 10-15% is new.
“The 2023 is immediately fragrant with lifted red cherry, raspberry, strawberry and spice. There is a touch of eathiness and some savoury cherry stone fragrance. The bright palate is fresh and creamy, well textured and has a delicious, elegant finishing flourish carried by fine tannin. As history has shown, another five years cellaring will add intensity and complexity and the wine will cellar well for a decade.” Michael Dhillon.
Latest release! Review for 2022 – 95 points, Jane Faulkner for Halliday Wine Companion “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.”
RRP $79 Our Special Price $69.99 – Very Limited!
Additional information
Producer | Bindi |
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Region or Country | Australia, Macedon Ranges, Victoria |
Variety | Pinot Noir |
Vintage | 2023 |
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