The Lane Vineyard LDR 2025

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of The Lane Vineyard LDR 2025.

The Lane Vineyard LDR 2025
$30, 12.5% alcohol, screwcap, Adelaide Hills.

I assume that LDR stands for Light Dry red but in any case, it’s a blend of Pinot Noir and Shiraz – one of the classic blends of Australia’s rich winemaking past.

This is soft, well balanced, attractively flavoured and, more than anything, just plain delicious. The Lane Vineyard has some very lovely wines in its portfolio right now, and this is definitely one of them. It tastes of red and black cherries, woodsy herbs, sweet cedar and violets, though in all honesty it mostly tastes of one harmonious whole. It’s well sustained through the finish, and quite simply a delight, every step of the way. 93 points.

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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