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applecross pinot noir 2024

$65.00

A blend from three blocks - 41% from the 1976 Mv6 block (2.8 t/Ha), 35% from the 1998 Mv6 block (2.4 t/Ha) and 24% from the 2003 block of c777 (3.4 t/Ha). Hand picked on the 1st of March and sorted with 20% whole bunches added to 80% whole berries for fermentation. After two weeks fermenting on skins it was pressed to a mixture of 500 Lt puncheons, 300L Lt hogsheads and 225 Lt barriques where it completed malo and rested on fine lees for 11 months prior to blending and bottling in late February 2025. 174 dozen bottles and 30 magnums made.

A blend from three blocks - 41% from the 1976 Mv6 block (2.8 t/Ha), 35% from the 1998 Mv6 block (2.4 t/Ha) and 24% from the 2003 block of c777 (3.4 t/Ha). Hand picked on the 1st of March and sorted with 20% whole bunches added to 80% whole berries for fermentation. After two weeks fermenting on skins it was pressed to a mixture of 500 Lt puncheons, 300L Lt hogsheads and 225 Lt barriques where it completed malo and rested on fine lees for 11 months prior to blending and bottling in late February 2025. 174 dozen bottles and 30 magnums made.

The Wine Advocate

RP 95+

Reviewed by:

Erin Larkin

Drink Date:

2025 - 2039

The 2024 Applecross Pinot Noir is from a massal selection of clonal material planted between 1976 and 1998 at St. Andrews in the Yarra Valley. It was fermented with whole berries/whole bunches, and the élevage was in French oak barrels. This wine, a few months ahead of its market release currently, is so bright and perfumed. Rose, pistachio, graphite/petrichor, dry spice and tapenade coalesce on the palate in a rush. Pure, tightly wound and eminently focused, this is a gorgeous wine. The whole-bunch character rides high in the wine, but far from finding it distracting, I find myself attracted to it. This is super good and comes warmly recommended. 13.4% alcohol, sealed under screw cap.

Published: Sep 19, 2025