Bannockburn De La Terre Pinot Noir 2024

Bannockburn De La Terre Pinot Noir is a certified organic, high-density Pinot Noir from a single Geelong slope.

Where 2022 went in whole-bunch, the 2024 was largely destemmed and fermented wild on skins for ten days before pressing to French oak hogsheads, a quarter of them new. That change lets the site speak more plainly, and the site is unusual: planted in 2007 at 10,000 vines to the hectare, cropping at Grand Cru levels, clone 777 in north-south rows on the slope beneath the Serré plateau. Lighter and finer in structure than its neighbour, this is the edgier end of the estate’s range — earthy, ferrous, herbal — and the DNA of the block grows more prominent with each release.

Perfumed and layered: ripe red cherry, cherry cola, plenty of spice, and fine gravelly tannin. Serve at 15 degrees in a Burgundy bowl. Try it with duck breast, roast chicken, or a beetroot and goat’s cheese tart.

*Every effort is made to ensure the current vintage is accurate; however, variations can occur. If you are after a specific vintage, please contact us prior to ordering.