2015 Helen's Hill "Ingram Road" Pinot Noir Yarra Valley Victoria

Staff Reviews

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Ryan Woodhouse

Ryan Woodhouse

Back in stock and even more delicious than before! This is a rockin' deal in Yarra Pinot Noir. The second label of our Direct Import partner Helen's Hill - this estate grown wine delivers more at $15 than many Pinots at twice that price. Juicy, dark red fruits, warm earth, truffle, a lick of exotic spice. It has such a silky texture on the palate from the exceptional growing conditions of the 2015 vintage. This wine is super quaffable on its own but also has great natural acidity that makes it very versatile and food friendly. This wine sold out very fast on our previous Helen's Hill offering...luckily the winery held us back some cases so we can now offer it again.

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Kirk Walker

Kirk Walker

Cherries, wild strawberries, subtle spice with a lovely dusting of earth on the nose. Round ripe fruits greet you immediately on the palate, all ripe red berries. A dusting of oak and spice on a clean and easy finish. Way more expressive than any CA Pinot at the same price point.

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90 points Wine Front: "Helen’s Hill and it’s Ingram Road label are low-key but always worthy of investigation. The wines are routinely very good, or better. Prices are reasonable too. This release is for quaffing now - and for that, it’s just the ticket. It’s juicy, perfumed, adorned with red cherry and strawberry flavour, and laced with spice/undergrowth. Essentially though it’s just juicy and fragrant and good tuck into. Not too heavy/not too light/accessible form and flavour." Winery notes: "At Helen’s Hill Estate, Pinot Noir is by far our biggest grown variety. We have over 50 acres of the stuff! We have been growing it for many years, supplying well known Pinot Noir labels such as Coldstream Hills and producing our own Helen’s Hill label. Experience counts when it comes to Pinot Noir and at Helen’s Hill Estate we have certainly had a lot of experiences, not all of them good, but all allowing us to learn what has to be done to make great Pinot. Following traditional winemaking processes, utilizing full French oak maturation our Ingram Pinot Noir display rich varietal characters on the nose, sweet cherry and strawberry flavours on the front and mid palate with a savory, earthy (spicy) finish on the back palate. Thanks to the French oak, the wine has a wonderful full textural mouth weight and long lasting finish."