Bindi Dixon Pinot Noir 2025

Bindi Dixon Pinot Noir 2025

The Bindi family property at Gisborne in the Macedon Ranges is arguably one of the most incredible vineyard/winery sites in Australia. At the large sandstone gates you are greeted with this beautifully laid out hillside slope, meandering down covered in vines, with the family home and winery sat amid the middle - whilst the remaining area is a mix of significant forestry planting, remnant bushland and important indigenous grasslands.

You can see the amount of time and planning spent setting this up for not only the two generations that have farmed the property, but for future generations. Originally purchased in the 1950s as part of the larger grazing farm Bundaleer , the current focus of the Bindi property is the vineyard - planted in 1988. Organic practices under vine have been utilised since 2006.

Michael Dhillon oversees all aspects of viticulture and winemaking - his philosophy is to seek balance and purity in the expression of various individual vineyard sites with this philosophy applied to farming and conservation at Bindi ; the preservation of the natural harmony. Michael served as assistant winemaker to Stuart Anderson from 1991 until 1998 when he assumed full responsibility. Michael learned his craft working with Stuart as well as experiencing vintages in Europe, his passion for Burgundy has seen him visit over 100 Domaines over two decades.

Not only is this a special place, these too are special wines - everything is done on site, harvesting by hand, with all winemaking and then bottling occurring within the property. Everything is fermented naturally, without the use of any additions, enzymes or fining agents. The outcome - easily some of Australia s finest Pinot Noir.

Dixon is a Pinot bottling sourced from a part of the original 1988 planting at Bindi, and some of the 2001 planted Kaye vineyard. Bottled slightly earlier than the other 5 Pinots at 10 months rather than 15.

You may remember the wrap we gave this bottling last year, and Michael has continued on this journey of creating seriously high quality Pinot Noir from his little hamlet in Gisbourne. This has all the hallmarks of great Pinot aromatically, with volumes of fresh tilled sous bois, baking spice, an incredible array of brambles, black cherries, rosehip and a judicious framing of wood. Blind, you could think you're in the Cote d'Or - this is a wine that has that elegant level of concentration and density that never feels overbearing. This elegance is carried on the palate, with a beautiful sweet spot of fruit, a filigree lacing of tannin and a flow that is incredibly pure. Michael has shown that he's the best producer of Pinot in the country and this only enhances that reputation.