2024 Dexter Pinot Noir

Supple and spicy with moreish red to dark fruits and a long savoury finish.

Semi translucent red to dark red colour with black toned edges and a light red hue. The expressive nose offers up aromas of violets, red to dark cherries, subtle rhubarb and strawberry followed by some brambly cedar, forest floor, dried herb and spice notes. Supple and spicy, moreish red to dark cherry, strawberry and rhubarb fruits power across the palate. Refined tannins with notions of brambly cedar, forest floor and dried herbs extending through the long savoury finish.
Drink over the next 6-8 years.
Alc. 13%

Other Reviews…..
Fraise des bois, musk berries, and a touch of cigar clippings open the wine, which quickly whisks you off your feet with its cherry-berry conviviality. Notes of kumquat skin and red vermouth introduce a sling of bitterness that acts as an anchor, grounding the lift of fruit—a thoughtful detail that keeps it from floating away. Yes this is serious wine, although I’ll forgive you for gulping it down. It’s so damn tasty. Tannins make a significant impression, though so powdery they’re almost indefinable. Hints of rhubarb and red earth emerge, finishing with savoury tree bark and cumin spice. This is the kind of wine that disappears quickly, yet it’s worth pausing to sip and savour, as there is clear artistry in its making. Drink now, or cellar for another 2-3 years further. A lovely partner for pork sui mai dumplings. Drink 2025-2028.
95 points
Shanteh Wale – WinePilot.com

Showing off the exuberance of youth with vitality and vibrancy, all appealing elements. It’s a lovely wine, pretty and aromatic, juicy and supple. It's full of pink and red cherries, a dash of kirsch, warm spices, cardamom and some minty notes. It’s lighter framed and elegant, with fine tannins. While lacking some complexity today, it should build on that in time. Drink by 2034.
94 points
Jane Faulkner – James Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion

A delicate wine here, so fine and lacy, with poached strawberry, spice, a spearmint freshness, a patina of old leaf and polished wood, a crisp and spicy red-fruited succulence, a light emery board grip to tannin, and a sappy blood orange tang. A raspberry and cinnamon-laced white pepper finish closing with a distinctly steely and cool rain-washed edge. Such a lovely wine. A delight. Drink 2025-2035+
94+ points
Gary Walsh – The Wine Front