This comes from Bannockburn’s famous Serré Vineyard: a 28 year old, dry grown, organically managed, low cropping vineyard that produces this Bannockburn’s very finest Pinot fruit. The Serré Vineyard is close-planted to nine thousand vines per hectare, is trellised low and has narrow rows - replicating the tough vineyard conditions of grand cru Burgundy. Typical yields here are around 500g/vine but they can be half that. In 2006 the yields were so low that it took the fruit of six vines to generate one bottle of wine. The 2006 is simply a cracking example of Serré. In some ways it will go down as an atypical Serré as there is no whole bunch component, but it is unequivocally a great vintage of this wine. It offers a lifted and decadent nose with sweet, primary red fruit and violet notes. The palate has layers of sweet, bright fruit with superb texture, concentration and length. A powerful and very impressive wine.

Bright, clear hue; a very sophisticated Pinot Noir, with red and black cherry, spice, cedar and a little forest floor all seamlessly interwoven on both bouquet and palate; the texture and mouthfeel are admirable. 96 points, James Halliday, Australian Wine Companion 2011