Wickhams Road Yea Valley Pinot Noir 2023

Wickhams Road Yea Valley Pinot Noir 2023
AU$20

There’s a 2023 Pinot Noir from Wickhams Road available for $15 this week. That, folks, is a ridiculously good price. This price is for this week only though – next week it goes back to its usual $20, which itself is outstanding value anyway (edit: price is now back to $20).

I like all the Pinot Noirs from Hoddles Creek Estate – the makers of Wickhams Road – top of the range to middle to bottom, and that includes the Wickhams Road range, which can be a bit leaner and more structural but always, also, manages to scratch the Pinot Noir itch. There are three in the range – one each from the Yarra Valley, Gippsland and Yea – all priced at $20, or normally anyway. The $15 #secretnotsecret price is for the Yea Valley version, and it’s available direct from the Hoddles Creek Estate family business, aka Boccaccio Cellars.

Each year I usually prefer the Gippsland of the three Wickhams Road pinots, in the context that I almost always enjoy all three. This year my ranking is Yarra Valley first followed by Gippsland and Yea, though given that I’m 91/100 on the Yea release, we’re splitting hairs. Put it this way: Wickhams Road Yea Pinot Noir 2023 is a 91 point Pinot Noir, made by a producer with a long and impeccable track record of quality Pinot Noir production (Hoddles Creek Estate).

91 points – Campbell Mattinson

All three of the 2023 Wickhams Road pinot noirs are reviewed by Gary Walsh on The Winefront. His reviews are spot on.