Wine & Spirits Auction
Monday, 27 October - Monday, 3 November 2025
2012 Bell Hill Pinot Noir.
Closed $340 (37 bids, reserve met)
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Lot Details
Producer's Notes: The Bell Hill Pinot Noir is a six barrel selection from the Shelf (1998 and 2006-2008 blocks), the Quarry Rootlings and Quarry 10/5. The fruit was 100% destemmed with a high proportion of whole berries retained. All ferments had 24-26 days on skins with cold pre-ferment and warm post-ferment macerations. After basket pressing the wine was put into 100% new French oak and racked and blended after 12 months in barrel. It had 9 months in tank and was bottled on the 19th of December 2013 with a pH of 3.57, TA of 5.5 g/L, and alcohol of 13.0%. Approximately 1,788 bottles were produced. Very youthful with lovely brooding dried herb, savoury and spicy notes moving to briar and blueberry. The palate is immediately mineral and quite shy, displaying its elegance, later focusing to show a vibrant core of complex but accessible fruit, tightening to a more structured and tactile finish. A sleeper, take time with it. Christina Pickard (Wine Enthusiast) Like a mirror held up to the unique cool climate and limestone-rich soils, this wine a deep well of flavor. It's like a walk in the forest: fresh red berries, a crunch of dried leaves, woodsy, earthy spice and cold rain on warm rocks. It's sexy and elegant, with filigree tannins curling around the tongue, sliced by crystalline acidity and an endless finish. Drink now–2030.
