2023 Denton Pinot Noir

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From Denton’s close-planted MV6 block, this is the most serious, structured Pinot the estate has produced yet - elegant, detailed and built to age.
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The 2023 vintage marks a confident step forward for Denton’s top Pinot Noir parcel - 21-year-old, close-planted MV6 vines rooted deep into the granite on the northeast slope of View Hill. This is the site’s most powerful Pinot block, but the hallmark Denton finesse is still there, shaped by cool mornings and shelter from the harsh afternoon sun.

Picked mid-March in a long, steady ripening season, the fruit was fermented wild with 10% whole bunches, then matured for 10 months in French oak - around a third of which was new. It’s an unforced, well-judged wine that lets the vineyard lead. Kirilly Gordon’s detail-focused winemaking builds on the site’s natural structure with a delicate hand, and it shows.

With Denton in a new phase under Scott Bishop’s ownership, and a sharp team in the vineyard and cellar, this is a producer hitting its stride - and the results are exciting.

95 points
"A little reduction, which quickly blows off to reveal aromas of wild strawberries, damson plums, a little rose petal and subtle hints of cinnamon and nutmeg. There’s good intensity on the medium-bodied palate together with fine but firm tannins. This will only get better over the next four to six years, if not longer."
- Philip Rich (Halliday Wine Companion)

95 Points - "Made with 10% whole bunches and matured in French puncheons (33% new). A medium ruby garnet. A little reduction, which quickly blows off to reveal aromas of wild strawberries, damson plums, a little rose petal and subtle hints of cinnamon and nutmeg. There’s good intensity on the medium-bodied palate together with fine but firm tannins. This will only get better over the next four to six years, if not longer." - Philip Rich (Halliday Wine Companion)

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    2022 Denton Shed Pinot Noir
    Rated 4 out of 5 stars
    Totally glugable

    So easy to drink. Transparent and juicy. Drunk all too quickly.

Fruit for this wine is sourced from the close-planted Pinot Noir block perched at the top of the northeast-facing slope. The deep-rooted MV6 vines are planted at 1.5 x 0.8 metres, producing Denton’s most powerful and concentrated Pinot Noir without losing the vineyard’s signature elegance. The exposure means the block sees soft morning light while enjoying shelter from the hot afternoon sun. The fruit was picked a touch later than the previous year, on March 15th, and fermented with 10% bunches. After 12 days with gentle pumpovers, the wine was pressed to French oak (33% new) for 10 months’ maturation.

Price Bracket $31 to $40
Type Red
Body Medium Bodied
Variety Pinot Noir
Country Australia
Region Yarra Valley
Australian State VIC
Reviewed By Halliday Wine Companion
Critic Score 95
Size 750ml
Vintage 2023
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