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 Catherine Browne, Scotchmans Hill is a pioneering producer on the maritime Bellarine Peninsula within Victoria's acclaimed Geelong wine region. Planted on rich, volcanic basalt soils and moderated by maritime breezes from Port Phillip Bay and Bass Strait, the estate benefits from a dry, cool maritime microclimate. Guided by long-tenured chief winemaker Robin Brockett, the winery focuses on minimal intervention and precision viticulture to reflect authentic regional terroir. Scotchmans Hill is renowned for its estate-grown, elegant Pinot Noir, complex Chardonnay, cool-climate Shiraz, and its prestige Cornelius single-vineyard collection.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Pinot Noir