about this product

Exquisite and silkily textured, Bindi Block 5 Pinot Noir has fresh cherry mineral aromas, delicate floral camomile notes, a well concentrated palate and lacy tannins. The savoury oak kicks in at the finish. The minute 1.3 acre Block 5, planted in 1992, is the most naturally protected vineyard. The vines, grown on shattered quartz over alluvial silts and top soil are all vertically shoot positioned to optimise exposure to sunlight. Wine making is “unsophisticated, strictly non-interference but not uncontrolled”. Depending on vintage, the Block 5 Pinot Noir sees about 25% to 40% new French oak.

Winery BINDI

The Bindi vineyard is small and located on elevated grazing land on the slopes of Mount Gisborne in the Macedon Ranges. Family owned and operated, winemaker Michael Dhillon helped his father Bill to plant the original vineyard in 1988. The 6 ha of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir vineyards, elevated at approximately 500 metres, are located on gentle north facing slopes. Balance and purity in the wines is a central tenet of Bindi’s philosophy, realised through low- input viticulture and hands-off winemaking. The wines of Bindi are dedicated to the late mathematician and Professor Kostas Rind (1909-1983) whom Bill Dhillon describes as a “Lithuanian sage who epitomised wisdom and humility and introduced me to wine.”