Pike & Joyce Adelaide Hills "Rapide" Pinot Noir 2025 - Adelaide Hills, Australia

Bronze - Jeni Port, Halliday Wine Companion (2021 vintage)
Bronze - Tony Love, Halliday Wine Companion (2020 vintage)
90/100 The Wine Front (2019 vintage)

5 Stars - Halliday Wine Companion
People Choice Award 2023

Silver - Australian Pinot Noir Challenge (2019 vintage)
Bronze - International Wine Challenge (2019 vintage)

Jeni Port, Halliday Wine Companion "Super-expressive and plummy young pinot with immediate drinking on its mind. Bright red summery in hue, followed by plenty of red cherry aromas, cranberry and spice. A short time in seasoned French oak has helped fill out the palate, bringing a light creaminess and offering a platform for summer-pudding berries, anise and a touch of musk florals. Bright acidity seals the delicious deal." (2021 vintage)

Tony Love, Halliday Wine Companion "Designed as a young, early drinking style pinot which presents with quite simple cherry set of notes and a touch of cola." (2020 vintage)

This is a partnership between the Pike family (of Clare Valley fame) and the Joyce family, related to Andrew Pike’s wife, Cathy.

The winery is situated in Lenswood, which is a subregion of the Adelaide Hills. The Adelaide Hills region is well-known for its cool climate, high-altitude vineyards, and diverse range of premium cool-climate wines.

The Joyce family have been orchardists at Lenswood for over 100 years and also have extensive operations in the Riverland. Together with Andrew they have established this vineyard site, which was previously apple and pear orchards, is characterized by steep North and East facing slopes and possesses fantastic gravelly clay and loam soils which are ideally suited to the classic cool climate varieties that have been planted – Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Gris, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. to sauvignon blanc (5.9ha), pinot noir (5.73ha), pinot gris (3.22ha), chardonnay (3.18ha) and semillon (0.47ha). The wines are made at the Pikes’ Clare Valley winery and exported around the world.

The vineyard is all hand pruned and handpicked with the fruit being chilled overnight in the Joyce cool rooms. Traditional old world techniques as well as modern Australian winemaking are incorporated to produce a style which reflects the variety and region."

Pike & Joyce owns and operates vineyards covering around 32 hectares in the Lenswood area of Adelaide Hills. The vineyards are planted at varying altitudes, providing an excellent opportunity to grow a variety of grape varieties that thrive in the cool climate.

Pinot Noir is the dominant red wine grape of Burgundy, now adopted in wine regions all over the world including western Germany, northern Italy, Chile, South Africa, Australia and, perhaps most notably, California, Oregon and New Zealand.