Cambrian Pinot Noir, 2024

From a 1982 vineyard in the Macedon Ranges, own-rooted and never irrigated, brought back after eight years of neglect.

Ben Ranken and Sally Richardson bought a run-down vineyard near Lancefield in 2013. It was first planted in 1982 at about 600 metres, and they nursed it back without synthetic chemicals. The vines grow on their own roots and are never watered. Ranken says that gives small berries and small bunches. The name points to the farm's rare Cambrian soil, an ancient dark red clay.