2023 Bannockburn Serre Pinot Noir

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Iconic, one-of-a-kind Pinot Noir from this benchmark Australian producer.
4.5
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The Serre Pinot Noir vineyard is the jewel in the crown of Bannockburn.

This Burgundian-inspired close-planted site produces an astonishingly small amount of fruit. The average yield for these 13 rows is a meagre 500g per vine, similar to the level of production of the prized Grand Cru vineyards of Burgundy.

Serre is an intense and savoury wine of detail and persistence. Fermented with 20% whole bunches and left to sit on skins for over two weeks, every ounce of nuance from this stunning vineyard is masterfully distilled into the bottle by winemaker, Matt Holmes.

It's a wine of rare power and unique character built for the collector and aficionado.

97 points
"Pure red fruit is supported by notes of potpourri, cassia bark, graphite and wet stones. The palate is medium-bodied with piercing fruit and fine tannins, giving notes of dried herbs, spices, orange rind and salt brine. A very complex and complete wine that will live for decades. Made from vines planted in 1984. Drink or hold. Screw cap." 
- James Suckling

95+ points
"This is autumnal and sinewy and savoury and spiced, but it’s also sleek, harmonious and settled. It just feels right. It bursts onto the palate with red cherries, rhubarb, tangerine and strawberry, with inlays of dried leaves, pepper and smoked cedarwood, but it’s the soft-firm of the finish, and the way it seems to both dry and expand at once, and the way the juices keep flowing and fanning, that really mark its quality. This will be released in August 2024. It’s a top release, and it will mature beautifully." 
- Campbell Mattinson (The Wine Front)

The Serre Vineyard

97 points - "Pure red fruit is supported by notes of potpourri, cassia bark, graphite and wet stones. The palate is medium-bodied with piercing fruit and fine tannins, giving notes of dried herbs, spices, orange rind and salt brine. A very complex and complete wine that will live for decades. Made from vines planted in 1984. Drink or hold. Screw cap." - JamesSuckling.com

95+ points - "This is autumnal and sinewy and savoury and spiced, but it’s also sleek, harmonious and settled. It just feels right. It bursts onto the palate with red cherries, rhubarb, tangerine and strawberry, with inlays of dried leaves, pepper and smoked cedarwood, but it’s the soft-firm of the finish, and the way it seems to both dry and expand at once, and the way the juices keep flowing and fanning, that really mark its quality. This will be released in August 2024. It’s a top release, and it will mature beautifully."  - Campbell Mattinson (The Wine Front)

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    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    2019 Bannockburn Serre Pinot Noir

    Stunning pinot noir. Complex and soft. Love it.

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    Rated 4 out of 5 stars
    Great Pinot!

    Richly flavoured deep burgundian red colour, a delight to drink

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Serré, planted in 1984 and certified organic in 2021, is likely the oldest high-density vineyard planting in Australia. This vineyard was inspired and influenced by Stuart Hooper's love of the great wines of Burgundy, and the tight spacing and low trellising replicates the iconic vineyards of of the Cote d'Or.

Serré, planted in 1984 and extended in 1986, certified organic in 2021, is planted to 1.2m x 1.2m vine spacing, MV6 clone Pinot Noir on its own roots. This is likely the oldest high-density planting of Pinot Noir in Australia. North-south row orientation on a complex soil profile of mixed clay over weathered basalt and limestone is naturally low-yielding; this vineyard is responsible for some of our finest, most powerful, and long-lived Pinot Noir wines.

The fruit was handpicked on the 23rd and 24th of March, completely destemmed, and fermented on skins for 10 days, before pressing to French oak hogshead barrels of which 33% was new. The wine was left undisturbed and went through malolactic fermentation in Spring and was blended and bottled in February.

The 2023 Serré offers vibrant and lifted aromas of berries, cherries, spice, damp earth and other autumnal leafy characters. There is subtle rhubarb and beetroot aromas with a hint of reduction and various brown cooking spices. The flavours follow on from the aromas with lovely fruits of the forest to the fore, with more savoury, earthy and spicy flavours framing. The tannin and oak integration is very well executed and the palate draws long, elegant and with purity. A beautiful expression of this great vineyard.

Price Bracket $101 and Above
Type Red
Body Light Bodied
Variety Pinot Noir
Country Australia
Region Geelong
Australian State VIC
Feature High Score
Organic
Reviewed By The Wine Front
James Suckling
Critic Score 95
97
Size 750ml
Vintage 2023
Closure Screw Cap

Bannockburn

For decades, the Bannockburn vineyard has been producing Burgundian-inspired wines which truly reflect a unique patch of Australian terroir.

Originally planted by founder Stuart Hooper and the great Gary Farr in the early 1970s, the wines that come from this special vineyard in Geelong show a rare sense of place. The ancient riverbed soils that sit below the vines impart a distinct saline character for the whites and an awesome power in the reds which makes the wines from this place immediately identifiable.

Matt Holmes is the current winemaker, having taken over from Michael Glover after years as assistant winemaker. His wines have been receiving great critical acclaim during his tenure and this great Australian vineyard's legacy seems very safe in his capable hands.

Winemaker Matt Holmes - Geelong, VIC Bannockburn

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