Denton is a Yarra Valley estate built around the View Hill vineyard, planted on an unusual band of granitic sand over granite boulders that is rare in the region and lends the wines a mineral, savoury signature. The 'Shed' Pinot Noir is the estate's approachable, early-drinking cuvee, drawn from this granite-grown fruit. Vines are planted at high density on cool, north-eastern slopes that see soft morning light and are shielded from hot afternoon sun, encouraging concentration while preserving elegance. Farming favours minimal intervention and a long, slow growing season. The 2024 Yarra vintage produced fragrant, medium-bodied fruit with bright red-berry character, floral lift and fine natural acidity.

Fruit was destemmed and fermented with wild indigenous yeasts, kept on skins for around eighteen days with frequent hand-plunging and foot-stomping and no temperature control, drawing gentle, perfumed extraction. The wine was pressed to 500-litre French oak puncheons with about 20% new oak, then left unsulphured and matured for roughly eighteen months to build texture and savoury complexity while retaining purity. It was bottled without fining or filtration. The result is a bright, medium ruby wine of dark cherry, sandalwood, dried rose and botanical notes, with refreshing acidity and fine, grippy tannins finishing ferrous and long.