2024 Bannockburn Olive Tree Hill Pinot Noir 750Ml Bottle
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I wasn’t a great fan of the 2018 vintage release but this 2019 is far more like it.
There’s a fair amount of wildness here in that it’s slung with sap and herb notes but it’s also taut, controlled and lengthy; for all the frolic it feels confidently handled. That said, let me be doubly clear: this is a sappy style. It has tangy acidity, stem-like notes, tangerine and red cherry, earth and an aspect of rhubarb. It’s all these things but it’s also cohesive. Cedarwood oak slips around and helps combine it all. It can be enjoyed now but its best will start from a couple of years hence. 94 points - Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front
'Planted 1976, MV6, own roots. Our oldest Pinot vines, consistently low-yielding and the last to ripen. Produces small, concentrated berries. The wine is rich and settled, with red and dark fruit, structure and spice. An old-vine expression with depth and presence.' Gus Pollard
'Across all three single-vineyard pinots Matt Holmes' winemaking remains the same, give or take a new barrel or two. So, what you taste are the true colours of each parcel. Here, the wine is steeped in old-vine concentration with flavours oscillating between red fruit and black, with earthy spice and mulchy, forest floor complexity. There’s an assured calmness to the palate, which combines both powerful, spice-charged perfume and regal structure. It’s not hard to see why Bannockburn are now bottling these old vines sui generis: the wine has character to burn.' Bibendum
'Across all three single-vineyard pinots Matt Holmes' winemaking remains the same, give or take a new barrel or two. So, what you taste are the true colours of each parcel. Here, the wine is steeped in old-vine concentration with flavours oscillating between red fruit and black, with earthy spice and mulchy, forest floor complexity. There’s an assured calmness to the palate, which combines both powerful, spice-charged perfume and regal structure. It’s not hard to see why Bannockburn are now bottling these old vines sui generis: the wine has character to burn.' Bibendum