Oakridge Over the Shoulder Pinot Noir 2025

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Oakridge Over the Shoulder Pinot Noir 2025.

Oakridge Over the Shoulder Pinot Noir 2025
$20, 13% alcohol, screwcap, Yarra Valley.

There’s good complexity here and good varietal character. It’s better than most pinot noirs at this price level – which, admittedly, isn’t saying a lot. It tastes of both fresh cherries and stewed cherries, sweet spices, peppercorns, smoked meat and cedar. Length through the finish is not its strongest point, and the tannin is quite drying. But in general this works well, and is good value.

89 points – Campbell Mattinson.

Campbell Mattinson

Campbell Mattinson has been an independent journalist, wine critic and photographer for forty years. He founded The Winefront, is a former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion (and former editor of Halliday magazine), and is the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He is 100% independent, and tastes between 5,000 and 10,000 wines each year, blind and in comparative brackets as often as is practicable.

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Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.

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