The Hare and the Tortoise is a value-focused exclusive label whose Pinot Noir is drawn from Lower and Upper Yarra Valley fruit in Victoria. The Yarra Valley is a cool-climate region long regarded as one of Australia's benchmark homes for Pinot Noir, its combination of soil, altitude and climate giving lifted, perfumed reds. The wine is made by Tim Shand, an experienced Yarra winemaker. Sourcing across both the warmer lower valley and the cooler upper valley broadens the blend, balancing ripe red fruit with the region's characteristic freshness and fine tannin. The 2024 fruit was picked to retain the pretty, slightly earthy Yarra Pinot character the wine is known for.

Fruit from the Lower and Upper Yarra Valley was harvested and brought together for fermentation, typically destemmed with the option of some whole bunches for lift and structure. Fermentation with regular gentle plunging extracts colour and fine tannin without heaviness, after which the wine is pressed and matured in French oak, a modest portion new, to frame rather than dominate the fruit. Malolactic fermentation softens the acidity, and the wine is bottled to show lifted red fruit, a hint of earthiness and balanced acid and tannin. Exact whole-bunch and oak figures for this vintage NEED VERIFICATION.