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Bannockburn Serré Pinot Noir 2024

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Bannockburn Serré Pinot Noir 2024
Bannockburn Serré Pinot Noir 2024
Producer Bannockburn
Region, Country Geelong, Austria
Bottle Size 750ml
Case Size 6
Product Code 25415-750

Certified organic. Serré is Bannockburn’s most iconic and memorable Pinot Noir; their supernova. Serré’s 1.2 hectares of densely-planted (9,000 per hectare), low-yielding, own-rooted vines were planted exclusively to the MV6 clone in 1984 and 1986. It is likely Australia’s oldest plot of densely-planted Pinot Noir—which explains the striking complexity and intense concentration found in this wine. The naturally low-yielding vines lie in the Estate’s signature volcanic, basalt and limestone-rich soils with a north-south orientation. It’s a special site that producer the Estate’s most powerful, deeply flavoured and long-lived Pinot Noir.

As is usually the case for a Matt Holmes Serré, the fruit was entirely destemmed before fermenting on skins for 10 days. The wine was pressed to French oak hogsheads (40% new) and then left to mature on lees until February 2025. Marked by characteristic dark fruits, alluring savoury spice, and herbal complexity, it’s a multi-layered and intense release-tightly packed with Serre attitude, and equally articulate. That’s the beauty of Serré: a wine full of contrast. Shaped by the depth and succulence of this vintage, the ’24 clings to the palate like Velcro. Clearly built for a beautiful life in the cellar, this release will surely go down as one finest in Serre’s eventful thirty-year history. A remarkable Geelong Pinot of presence and power.

Bannockburn Serré Pinot Noir 2024
Bannockburn Serré Pinot Noir 2024

Reviews

“The thing about this wine is the length of its finish. It’s quite stunning. It’s a super-savoury style with earth, sap, beet and decayed rose characters swimming through red cherry, poached strawberries and rhubarb. Oak is a minor player here though there’s a nuttiness to the aftertaste, and a (gently) velvety aspect to the mouthfeel. This wine is in desperate need of another 3-5 years in bottle but the length of the finish says it all in terms of its quality.”
95 points, Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front

Reviews

“The thing about this wine is the length of its finish. It’s quite stunning. It’s a super-savoury style with earth, sap, beet and decayed rose characters swimming through red cherry, poached strawberries and rhubarb. Oak is a minor player here though there’s a nuttiness to the aftertaste, and a (gently) velvety aspect to the mouthfeel. This wine is in desperate need of another 3-5 years in bottle but the length of the finish says it all in terms of its quality.”
95 points, Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front

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