Mount Bellarine Pinot Noir
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2028
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted duck, wild mushroom risotto, grilled salmon
✨ Technical Specifications
The Mount Bellarine Pinot Noir is a beautiful expression of the cool-climate maritime terroir of the Bellarine Peninsula in Victoria. Crafted by the pioneering team at Scotchmans Hill, this wine benefits from the region's unique black volcanic soils and the cooling breezes sweeping in from Port Phillip Bay and Bass Strait. These moderating maritime influences extend the growing season, allowing the Pinot Noir grapes to develop complex, slow-ripening flavors while maintaining a vibrant, natural acidity. Traditionally fermented and aged in French oak, this wine captures the essence of the peninsula's wind-swept vineyards, offering a savory complexity, fine-grained tannins, and a bright core of dark cherry and spice that reflects the estate's long-standing dedication to sustainable viticulture.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1982 by David and Vivienne Browne on an erstwhile dairy farm, Scotchmans Hill stands as the pioneer and quintessential benchmark estate of Victoria's Bellarine Peninsula within the Geelong wine region. Perched atop the peninsula's extinct volcanic outcrop, the vineyards benefit from fertile black basaltic clays over limestone subsoils, complemented by maritime microclimates moderated by Port Phillip Bay and the Southern Ocean. Under the stewardship of long-tenured Chief Winemaker Robin Brockett, who joined the fold in 1988, the estate champions low-intervention viticulture certified under Sustainable Winegrowing Australia. Brockett's cellar philosophy prioritizes site-driven purity, native fermentations, sensitive French oak integration, and extended lees maturation. Scotchmans Hill produces distinguished cold-climate expressions, most notably its flagship Estate and Cornelius Chardonnay, tactile Pinot Gris, and estate Sauvignon Blanc, alongside celebrated regional ventures like the Henry Frost Riesling and approachable Jack & Jill tiers.
🍇 Grapes
Pinot Noir