2024 Dalrymple Estate Vineyard Pipers River Pinot Noir

Light yet powerful and expansive with a long, savoury red to dark fruited finish.

Deep dark red core with black toned edges and a red to dark red hue. Aromas of violet, dark cherry, strawberry and rhubarb are delivered with a perfumed like intensity followed by anise, brambly cedar, dried herb and spice notes. Dark cherry, strawberry and red plum fruits are light in body but powerful and expansive in their flow across the palate. Subtle anise, spicy cedar, forest floor and fresh herb elements line the back half. Possessing an underlying freshness it has fine grained tannins and a long savoury red to dark fruited finish.
Drink over the next 6-8 years.
Alc. 13.5%

Other Reviews……
Tasmania's fifth appearance in our Best In Show selection is also its third Pinot Noir in as many years; two additional whites (a Riesling and a Chardonnay) were featured back in the 2017 and 2019 DWWA editions respectively. This wine is relatively deep in colour, with ample soft red fruit aromatic sweetness (cherries and strawberries); there are rose-petal floral notes, too, as well as cedar and graphite notes from fine-coopered oak. The 2024 vintage was mild and settled, with a generous ripening window, and the harmony and limpidity of flavour that comes from a season of that sort are much in evidence here. The Tasmanian difference, perhaps, is evident in a tightening towards the end of the palate as some sour cherry acidity creeps in to bring the flavour sweep towards a focused finish. A Pinot of style and verve.
97 points
Best in Show – Decanter World Wine Awards 2026

A single-vineyard pinot noir from Pipers River, looking very good indeed in the strong '24 vintage. Characters of wild strawberry, dark cherry and plum fruits with a curl of struck-flint reduction and hints of exotic spice, Chinese barbecue shop, mountain herbs, citrus blossom, pomegranate, subtle leaf litter tones, dried meats and turned earth. Silky and beautifully weighted with a lovely saline mineral cadence and a sweep of sour cherry and spice on the exit. Drink by 2041.
95 points
Dave Brookes - James Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion