Camp Hill Pinot Noir, 2025

High-toned and airy: pinot that floats rather than thumps, from a single hilltop vineyard in West Gippsland.

Rosehip, crabapple, black plum and a lift of bergamot, then cherry pit, blackcurrant and pine mushroom on a fine, textured palate. Camp Hill is a north-facing block planted in 1998 at 250 metres, the highest point between the Strzelecki and Great Dividing Ranges, dry-grown and in conversion to organic certification. William Downie hand-sorts and destems, lets whole berries ferment with nothing added and no plunging, then rests the wine in old French barrels. A wet, then hot, 2025 gave bright, fresh wines.