2025 Scary Gully Pinot Noir
Scary Gully sits high in Forest Range, where shallow, rocky soils and an exposed position shape the wine. Dark fruit, bramble and spice meet firm structure and fine tannin. The vines have not been irrigated for 12 years, allowing the sandstone, quartz and bony soils to show clearly.
- Scary Gully, high in Forest Range at 620 m: quartz rubble over siltstone, sandstone and clay, planted in 1984.
- Unirrigated for 12 years; whole berries and whole bunches, then 9 months in French oak, 20% new.
- Dark fruit, bramble and spice, with firm structure and fine tannin.
- Vineyard
- Scary Gully, Forest Range
- Planted
- 1984
- Clones
- MV6, 114, 115 and 777
- Elevation
- 620m
- Aspect
- South-east and south-west
- Soil
- Quartz rubble over siltstone, sandstone and clay
- Harvest date
- 6 March 2025
- Bottled
- 3 March 2026
- Alc
- 13.9%
- pH
- 3.55
- TA
- 5.7 g/L
- Production
- 2,706 bottles
Winemaking
Vinification
The fruit was fermented as whole berries and whole bunches before pressing, then aged in French oak (20% new). The wine spent nine months in oak followed by three months in tank before bottling.
Tasting Notes
Deep ruby. Dark fruit, bramble and spice on the nose, with a stony, earthy edge. The palate is focused and pure, with dark cherry and berry fruit set against firm structure and fine, tight tannin. Mineral and persistent on the finish, it will reward a few years in the cellar.
Distributed in Australia by Principal Wine.