Dr Edge Tasmania Pinot Noir 2023

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Dr Edge Tasmania Pinot Noir 2023.

Dr Edge Tasmania Pinot Noir 2023
12.5% alcohol, screwcap, Tasmania.

Peter Dredge (aka Dr. Edge) made two ‘Tasmania’ pinot noirs from the 2023 vintage. They’re both essentially the same wine, made with grapes from the Derwent and Tamar valleys. One was matured in barrique/oak, as per usual, the other was matured in concrete. They make for a fascinating duo – indeed tasting these two wines side-by-side will and does teach you a great deal about wine. But then, almost everything Peter Dredge does is fascinating.

This (concrete matured wine) is exquisite. I tasted this among many other wines and from the first sip I wanted to stop everything and just simply drink this. It’s a wine of tension, flesh, length, spice, florals and a linger of pure fruit through the finish that’s both all charm and all engrossing. This is a beautiful red wine; fresh, alive, myriad and enduring. 95 points.

Campbell Mattinson

This post was written by Campbell Mattinson. Mattinson is a former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion book, former editor of Halliday magazine, former editor of Australian Sommelier Magazine and founder of The Winefront business. He is the author of five books on wine – four of which were bestsellers (The Wine Hunter, the Big Red Wine Book 2008, the Big Red Wine Book 2009, and the Big Red Wine Book 2010).

Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.

Campbell Mattinson has been an independent journalist, wine critic and photographer for forty years. He’s the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He’s a past winner of a Louis Roederer International Wine Media Award; is the author of the award-winning book The Wine Hunter; and is the author of the best-selling novel We Were Not Men. He’s also a winner of a St Kilda Film Festival Award (as writer-director) and is a former winner of the national Best Australian Sports Writing Award. In 2026 three of his photographs were short-listed for the World Food Photography Awards.

Campbell Mattinson, who is 100% independent, has tasted between 5000 and 10,000 wines each and every year for the past 25 years. He tastes blind, in comparative brackets, as often as is practicable.

Campbell Mattinson is a journalist, a photographer, a filmmaker and a wine critic. In all of these mediums his prime motive is to tell people's stories.

https://www.campbellmattinson.com
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