2024 Geelong Pinot Noir
$55.00
Our local vineyard, and one Provenance has worked with for nearly twenty years, Darriwill captures the spirit of Geelong’s Moorabool Valley in a bottle. It’s a beautiful site with famed history, known internationally in the 1860s as a home of high-quality grapes; unfortunately, the original planting succumbed to phylloxera and the downturn of unfortified table wines.
Replanted in the early 1990s in almost the exact same location, Darriwill has a cooling south-easterly aspect, draining down to Sutherland’s Creek, with a mix of clay and loam over limestone soils that contribute both breadth and tension to the wine. Always a Pinot Noir of power and a darker fruit spectrum than most, with the diverse clonal selection resulting in a complex weave of flavours that originate in the vineyard rather than the winemaking.
Independent Review
"This is a beautiful wine. It’s a celebration of Geelong Pinot Noir. It’s all undergrowth and sweet spice, red and black cherry, smoked meat and cedar – all delivered as one perfumed, harmonious, seamless whole. It’s juicy throughout, firm through the finish, and as well sustained as you could ever hope for. This wine is a definite Yes."
95 points
Campbell Mattinson, campbellmattinson.com (April 2026)