2020 Applecross Pinot Noir

WINEMAKER: David Bicknell
REGION: Yarra Valley, VIC
VARIETAL: Pinot Noir
VITICULTURE: Sustainable

Lifted red fruits make for a pretty nose. The fruit is layered with spice and savoury complexity. Fine boned and glistening. The palate is moreish and delightful. Light on its feet, but not without good flavour and substance. A beautiful drink.

David Bicknell needs little introduction in Australian wine circles having worked for many years at de Bortoli and now at Oakridge where he was recently names Gourmet Traveller WINE Magazine, Winemaker of the Year. Bicknell FC is a family winemaking project of Dave Bicknell and Nicky Harris. The project started as random wines from interesting sites, but as they have moved through the years, getting their eye in so to speak, they have settled into the good fortune of leasing one of those interesting sites: Val Stewart’s close planted vineyard. The current releases are the 2016 wines; these are all from Val Stewart’s vineyard at the top of the hill in Gladysdale. There is 1.0 Ha of chardonnay and 1.5 Ha of pinot noir. It was planted in 1988 with 3,660 plants/Ha, and sits between 332-363m ASL, in red volcanic soil.