Pinot Noir Discovery Pack

💫 Enjoy quality Pinot Noir at an unbeatable price. This handpicked collection combines approachable, well-balanced wines with bright fruit flavors and silky textures, making it ideal for everyday drinking or easy entertaining.

2 x In Dreams Pinot Noir 2021 ~ Yarra Valley, Australia

93/100 Andrew Graham
92/100 Campbell Mattinson

Handcrafted micro-winery

Andrew Graham “This In Dreams Pinot Noir 2021 is exactly what a reasonably affordable Pinot should be too – bright, light, and driven by lucid red fruit with just a lick of oak. Anthony Fikkers sure knows how to deliver restraint and delicacy. Gentle, generous enough and vibrant drinking – the In Dreams Pinot’s got ‘bottle emptying’ all over it "."

Campbell Mattinson "It gets the balance right between elegance/finesse and having enough flesh to satisfy. It just feels right. Strawberry and stewed cherry flavours with sweet spice, woodsmoke and (modest) deli meat. It’s lifted and perfumed, especially once it’s had a chance to breathe, and its fine-grained tannin too has been managed to perfection. So it sucks you straight in but it then has the structure and form to impress beyond the immediate."

The Winemaker "On the nose there’s plums, wild strawberry, bramble bush and a hint of graphite from the whole bunch - all with an underlying character of freshly turned earth. Good concentration on the front palate, with focused drive through to the finish; the stalk influence knits the palate into a silky, seamless journey. Flavours of wild raspberry and a lick of sweet flinty oak."

James Halliday "Outstanding winery capable of producing wines of very high quality"

Swiss-born head winemaker, Nina Stocker is the daughter of eminent wine scientist Dr John Stocker. Nina was born and raised in a small town on the border of the Alsace wine region in Switzerland and it was her family’s involvement in the local village vineyard which paved the way for her future career as a Winemaker.

Nina has worked vintages in McLaren Vale, Yarra Valley, Barolo (Italy), Rhone Valley (France), Alentejo (Portugal), and New Zealand.

In Dreams have won medals for both their Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. In Dreams source their Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from three low yieldings, premium quality vineyards. The vineyards are predominantly from the upper Yarra Valley due to the cooler microclimate that helps them capture the elegance and finesse of this noble variety.

In Dreams are focused on allowing the vineyards to express themselves in the resulting wines using traditional winemaking techniques such as small-batch fermentation, wild yeast and the delicate use of French oak.

2 x Patrick of Coonawarra Two Blocks Pinot Noir 2019 ~ Coonawarra, South Australia

Bronze - Nick's Wine
Gold - Melbourne International Wine Competition
Silver - Limestone Coast Wine Show
‘Pinot Noir of the Year’

Winemaker "The aroma has a lifted perfume of cherry fruit and raspberry. This Pinot is a medium bodied, elegant example of what the cool climate of the Mount Gambier region can produce. The palate is subtly earthy with a fine tannin structure and hint of savoury spice on the finish. "

Nick's Wine "Deep dark red colour with black shaded edges and a dark red hue. Pretty violet, strawberry and anise aromas are followed by some earth and fragrant herb notes. Light and juicy, strawberry fruits mix with a dash of sour cherries, infusions of fresh herbs and spicy earth. Fine grained tannins with tangy like acidity and a medium length aftertaste."

Two-Block Pinot Noir is a savoury, intriguing and elegant wine from the up-and-coming winemaking region of Mount Gambier - one of the newest named regions in Australia.

Winemaker Luke Tocaciu searched outside of our family-owned vineyards to find the perfect Pinot Noir grapes, as the variety is not suited to growing in Coonawarra or Wrattonbully. After a number of years of creating excellent Pinot with fruit purchased from his high school principal, he had planned on discontinuing Pinot to focus on the Patrick-owned vineyards.

Patrick's of Coonawarra was founded by Patrick Tocaciu; one of Australia's leading wine (and AFL football) figures. Patrick's reputation for producing exceptional wine earned him many international accolades for the major labels he worked as Chief Winemaker, including; Tollana, Penfolds, and Hollick Wines. Patrick's distinguished reputation continued with the establishment of his own Patrick of Coonawarra Estate label. The wines are built on the solid foundation of extensive estate vineyards: 36 hectares in Coonawarra and 42 hectares in Wrattonbully. The Wrattonbully plantings contain shiraz, sauvignon blanc, and some of the riesling. All of the cabernet is grown in Coonawarra. The Estate is now managed by his eonologist son, Luke who continues the tradition of producing wines of varietal and regional excellence.

Coonawarra is the most important wine region within South Australia, credited with producing some of the best red wines in the entire country, and often described as Australia's most famous terroir.

2 x Sticks Pinot Noir 2024 - Yarra Valley, Australia

Bronze - Jane Faulkner, Halliday Wine Companion (2020 vintage)
90/100 The Wine Front (2019 vintage)
90/100 Wine Spectator (2019 vintage)
90/100 Toni Paterson, The Real Review (2018 vintage)
90/100 Jane Faulkner, Halliday Wine Companion (2018 vintage)
Bronze - Huon Hooke, The Real Review (2018 vintage)
Bronze - The Wine Front (2018 vintage)

Jane Faulkner, Halliday Wine Companion "The palate is soft, with macerated cherries and bitter herbs....offers good value overall." (2020 vintage)

The Wine Front "Red fruits, cherry, rhubarb and a dash of smoked paprika. Simple flavours of raspberry and a little peaty undergrowth, clean acidity, fine powdery tannin, and a modest finish." (2020 vintage)

Toni Paterson, The Real Review "Scented vanilla cherries. Lovely fruit reserve and composure. Excellent red-fruit softness and clarity." (2018 vintage)

Jane Faulkner, Halliday Wine Companion "It has such drinkability without losing its essence. Smoky and gently spicy, red cherries with supple tannins." (2018 vintage)

Sticks winery has been Australia's Yarra Valley's quiet achiever for over 20 years and now stands among the region's most well-known wineries. Established by the famous footballer-turned winemaker, Rob Dolin who established Punt Winery and his own Rob Dolin label. Sticks sources fruit from Victoria's famous Yarra Valley, which is known as one of Australia's leading cool-climate wine regions. Sticks wines are modern takes on the Yarra Valley classics, all crafted with drinkability front of mind.

The Yarra Valley is a well-respected Australian wine region which occupies the eastern half of the Port Phillip viticultural zone in the diminutive state of Victoria. At complete odds with the usual, hot and dry Shiraz-growing image of Australia, Yarra Valley is best known for its bright, complex wines made from Pinot Noir and Chardonnay.