Atkins Farm Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir 2025

The fruit for this wine was sourced from four separate Adelaide Hills vineyards, from Lenswood through to Kuitpo. With five different clones adopted, it’s all been done to achieve a high degree of complexity and layers. And to that end, it’s worked. At the outset, most of the fruit was crushed and de-stemmed before being fermented with a combination of wild and cultured yeasts, and about twenty percent was fermented as half whole bunch and half crushed fruit. On the nose, you immediately get that varietal red cherry character with even a subtle spicy plummy note. The palate, while supple, has a firmness and a slightly grainy finish which offsets neatly, while the high natural acidity helps sustain a long finish. It’s a wine that’s drinking rather well now, but will continue to evolve, probably best in the medium term.