Ngeringa 'Sheoak' Pinot Noir 2024

Enjoy exclusive savings of up to 20% on every wine order when you join The Solstice Club.

A ruby red Pinot Noir, medium-bodied, with vibrant aromas of satsuma plum, blackcurrant, strawberry, and a hint of liquorice. The bright palate offers ripe, juicy fruit flavours, leading to a medium-length finish with earthy cassis and cocoa nibs.

Vintage notes: The season began with an early bud burst following a dry spring and early summer. Flowering was strong across our vineyards, resulting in excellent fruit set compared to other parts of the Hills. Mid-season rain boosted yields for Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. A mild summer with only one heat spike allowed for slow, steady ripening, delivering wines with concentration, balanced acidity, and long, dense flavours.

Vineyard notes: A blend of Ngeringa’ estate grown Biodynamic Pinot Noir along with parcels from three special Adelaide Hills vineyards, Manyara, (Certified Organic, Balhannah), Landsdown (Organic in Conversion, Forreston), and the Turnbull family vineyard (Charleston).

Winemaking: After hand harvesting, approximately 15% of the Pinot Noir is placed into a stainless-steel fermenter for a carbonic maceration. The remaining grapes are de-stemmed and undergo fermentation with daily pump-overs and foot stomping for two weeks. After fermentation, the wine is gently pressed into older French barriques, where it matures for nine months. A small addition of sulphur is made just before bottling. No enzymes or fining agents are used.

Reviews: "Around 25% whole bunch. All older oak. Soft, juicy, slightly chewy pinot noir with brambly, blackberry characters meshed to pomegranate juice, dark cherry, garam masala spice and autumnal leaf characters. That plushness is a delight, a fine, trim chomp to tannin to close. Such pleasure and ease of drinking here."

Mike Bennie, The Wine Front

"The Ngeringa wines have flavour at the fore, and this wine is no exception. There's a concentration of fruit (the wine sees 15% carbonic maceration before being pressed into old oak), a depth of colour in the glass, black cherry, plum, pomegranate and bay. Some nutmeg spice throughout. The beginnings of dried orange. It's pretty, but it's honest. There's sincerity to its seriousness. Its delicate pumice-like tannins drive it all home."

94 Points, Katrina Butler, Halliday Wine Review

*Free Shipping

• Solstice Members: Orders of 6 bottles or more
• All other customers: Orders of 12 bottles or more