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Dexter Black Label Pinot Noir 2024

  • Stuart Knox
    96 Points
  • James Halliday
    95 Points
  • Gary Walsh
    95 Points
Dexter Black Label Pinot Noir 2024
  • Stuart Knox
    96 Points
  • James Halliday
    95 Points
  • Gary Walsh
    95 Points
Dexter Black Label Pinot Noir 2024
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Dexter Black Label Pinot Noir 2024

SKU: DBPN202410 UCAU
10-15 Years
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Tod Dexter is a very experienced Mornington Peninsula winemaker

Aromas of dark berry fruits such as blackberry, plums and cherries.

It has a soft entry with mid palate fruit sweetness and lovely texture.

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Dexter Black Label Pinot Noir 2024

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Tasting Notes

Tod and Debbie Dexter planted their vineyard in Merricks, Mornington Peninsular in 1987. After a jaunt to Burgundy in 2000, Tod decided he wanted something more. After helping establish the formidable reputation of Stonier wines with Brian Stonier, and a time with Mornington icon Yabby Lake, at the age of 50, his own project, Dexter wines, came to be.

An exercise in patience and precision. Produced only when the growing season delivers perfectly balanced conditions, the Black Label Pinot Noir captures the soul of the Dexter vineyard’s oldest vines. Inspired by Burgundy’s great domaines, Tod employs whole-bunch fermentation to amplify layers of spice, forest floor, and structure — while remaining unmistakably true to Dexter’s site. Each release is limited to just 2–4 barrels, ensuring absolute focus on quality and individuality. To date, only four vintages have been deemed worthy of wearing the Black Label — a testament to its rarity and the strict selection process behind it.

Critic Scores

Vibrant full ruby red with a rich nose of black cherry, cola spice and sandalwood. Full and deep with ripe dark cherry melded with cinnamon and clove. Undertones of black truffle and forest floor add complexity. Wonderful length and persistence, tannins structured but discreet, allowing a broad and flowing finish

It comes across as open-knit, supple and really delicious from first sniff to last sip. Lots of cherry accents, all black and red, with a hint of aniseed and daikon, cedary and very spicy. It just gets in at mid-weight with fine tannins, juicy as anything, the acidity caressing and surprisingly lithe. Nice drinking here, and I’d wager on enjoying this rather than cellaring, although it’ll hold well for a few years.

The last Dexter Black Label Pinot Noir released was the 2019, so it’s very much a once in a while kind of wine.

Poached strawberry, raspberry, mint, spice and cardamom pods in particular, a mulchy autumnal thing here too. It’s medium-bodied, fine pumice stone tannin, a quiet succulence to the wine and subtle sappy tang, some blood orange/amaro character, a sweet vanilla and floral mouth-perfume, with a tactile finish of excellent length. This is peak Dexter Pinot Noir in a way. A quiet herbal and red fruited storm.

About this Wine

Pinot Noir

A thin-skinned red grape known for its light body, red fruit character, and sensitivity to terroir, grown around the world.

Victoria

The wine region of Victoria has the highest number of grape vines than any other state in Australia. It is home to over 600 wineries and well known regions such as Yarra valley, Heathcote, and Rutherglen. Victoria is situated in the southeastern corner of Australia where due to the location, the climate has a cool maritime influence and is known for their outstanding Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, along with producing Australia’s most famed dessert Muscat and Topaque wines.

There are a number of different terroir levels throughout the wine region of Victoria which leads to the production of different ranges of wines. In the southern region of Victoria, the vines are regulated by the cool winds of the Bass Strait. Central Victoria consists of mostly flat terrain that tends to be drier and warmer than the rest of Victoria, which results in more fruit concentrated wines. It may be surprising to note that Victoria is the third most productive wine region in Australia, seeing as it does not have as many areas suitable for viticulture, which has resulted in the cellar door culture of Victoria being concentrated with smaller, but more personal boutique wineries.

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