De Bortoli The Estate Vineyard Pinot Noir 2025

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of De Bortoli The Estate Vineyard Pinot Noir 2025.

De Bortoli The Estate Vineyard Pinot Noir 2025
$30, 13.5% alcohol, screwcap, Yarra Valley.

There are no doubt a lot of newer plantings but the oldest Pinot Noir vines on the De Bortoli Yarra Valley property were planted in 1971. This is a remarkable fact. There’s a lot of old vine Shiraz, Grenache and Cabernet Sauvignon in Australia but there aren’t a lot of 55-year-old Pinot Noir vines.

This is a faithful – and attractive – rendition of the variety with sweet-sour cherry flavours, leaf and spice notes. a positive dryness through the finish and a good mix of both fruitiness and savouriness, with an emphasis on the former. There’s a whisper of cedarwood oak and a general impression of polish, without anything feeling overdone. Good drinking to be had here. 91 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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Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.

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