Personalised Murdoch Hill Pinot Noir 2025 13% 750ml

Personalised Murdoch Hill Pinot Noir 2025 13% 750ml

TASTING NOTES

APPEARANCE

Bright ruby red.

AROMA

This Adelaide Hills expression of Pinot Noir displays classic lifted cherry fruits and savory spice.

PALATE

Early picking keeps this wine vibrant and fresh whilst showing softness with juicy strawberry fruits and supportive sappy fine tannins from careful stalk management.

REGION NOTES

The wine is sourced from the high altitude Piccadilly Valley & Lenswood Sub regions of the Adelaide Hills, the high elevation and large diurnal shift in temperature provide a very cool environment to produce quality Pinot Noir. The fruit from our Lenswood vineyard. The soil structure is sandy loam over clay, with seams of ironstone and quartz contribute to both perfume and structure to the wines. Clones 114,115 & D5V12 Piccadilly we source from Two vineyards, with steep east facing slopes on shallow hard soils. Naturally yields are very low to provide structure pretty aromatics and a fine delicate line of fruit The clones are a selection of 114,115.

FOOD MATCHING

A beautifully balanced wine that pairs well with roasted poultry, duck, or mushroom risotto.

VINTAGE NOTES

The 2025 season in Lenswood suited Pinot Noir well, with warm, dry conditions tempered by cool nights and the site’s natural elevation. Even ripening and low disease pressure allowed for precise picking decisions, preserving freshness and fine tannin structure. Smaller berries and modest yields delivered wines with purity of fruit, bright acidity and quiet intensity.

VINIFICATION

The fruit was hand picked and de-stemmed, allowing for the retention of whole berries, open fermented in small one ton vats. Varying levels of whole bunches were included in the ferments ranging from 25% - 100%, this aided structure and spice to the wine. Minimal maceration during fermentation was adopted to produce a elegant wine style.

maturation

Matured in French barriqes with 15% new oak to achieve complexity and length to the wine.

ABOUT THIS PRODUCT

Country: Australia

Region: Adelaide Hills

Vintage: 2025

Variety: Pinot Noir

alcohol volume: 13.0

closure: Screwcap

volume: 750

weight: 1.3333kg

wine style: Red (Light Medium Bodied)

Reviews:

Katrina Butler, Halliday Wine Companion - 94 Pts

One-third estate fruit, the rest from growers in the Piccadilly Valley and Lenswood regions. MV6, D5V12, 114 and 115 for the clone nerds; 15% whole bunch and 15% new French oak. There's an elegance to this release. A delicate floral perfume awakens the senses first, followed by crunchy red fruit, cherry, cranberry and pomegranate. There's a wildness to it, too, polish and poise, yes, but not too much. A forest forage, you'd say. Add a dusting of dried herbs and a gentle release of orange oil, not unlike a Negroni, and you have one very smart Hills pinot.