2021 Bindi Block 8 Pinot Noir

An incredibly complex, concentrated and ageworthy Pinot Noir from the one-and-only Michael Dhillon.

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Bindi has become one of the Macedon Ranges' most iconic wineries since its first plantings took root in 1988.

The Block 8 Pinot vineyard was planted in 2016, on a close-planted, north-west facing site fill of quartz and volcanic soils. The resulting wines are intensely concentrated, dark, earthy and structural, and quite honestly, a memorable experience.

Minuscule volumes available of this classic in the making.

The Block 8 vineyard is 3/4 of a hectare in size on a sheltered, north-west facing, and very quartz riddled site with some fertile volcanic soils. The eighth block planted at Bindi has a grandstand exposition sweeping down the mid slope. Here there are mostly 11,300 vines per hectare with a Crazy section at 22,600 vines per hectare featuring seven clones. The wines from this vineyard are compelling and delicious when young and as history has shown, going back to the 1992 Bindi Pinot Noir, the wines age exceptionally well from the beginning and drink beautifully for a long time.

The wine spends 15-17 months in French barrels of which about 50% are new. The Block 8 wine has exceptional fruit depth and earthiness and is intensely structured, very long and ageworthy.

Production typically varies from 125-200 dozen per vintage.

98 points - "Rarely does a new wine make my heart skip a beat. But if exquisite and exceptional, it happens. It did with Block 8, which I feel needs a more poignant name. Nonetheless, how best to describe this as it’s both Mona Lisa and The Starry Night, Bach and Miles Davis, yin and yang. Everything is in harmony. You don’t simply taste this, you feel this pinot noir. It speaks of its place and moves you as a result. At the most rudimentary level, it has a core of excellent fruit, all dark cherries, maraschino and spice with a little amaro lift, the oak a light flutter throughout. Fuller bodied and supple with stunning tannins all silky and ethereal with fine acidity. It lingers long. It’s thought-provoking. It’s extraordinary, more so, knowing the block was planted in 2016 but is high density (11,300 vines per ha, which equals 8,888 vines as it’s about three-quarters of a ha). Respect, Michael Dhillon. 
Respect." - Jane Faulkner (The Wine Front)

93 points - "Red and black cherry, dried rose, peppermint tea, a little earthy too, showing noticeable baking spice oak as a young wine. Medium-bodied, rose and cherry, baked raspberry, praline and biscuit oak, rich fruit with sappy acidity, has something of a tomato flavour, which I’m a little less keen on, firm silty/powdery tannin, and a distinct amaro/orange peel tang on a finish of good length. It’s an interesting wine, and one of distinct personality, which is a good thing. It has power and intensity, but also earthiness and perfume. I suspect it will improve over coming years." - Gary Walsh (The Wine Front)

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