2024 Dalrymple Mt Lord Pinot Noir, Coal River Valley

Deep, bold colour with a tinge of purple at the rim and a bouquet that suggests dark fruit and spicy oak, good concentration and weight, with a backbone of nicely integrated tannins that present with appealing density and fleshiness. An impressive pinot that drinks well now but will richly reward a bit of cellar time. Drink to 2039.

96 points Huon Hooke for The Real Review, July 2026

Ripe, concentrated red fruit aromas with sweet spice, meaty and leafy asides. Tannins are evident and robust; tight and slaty on the finish.

94 points & Silver 2026 Decanter World Wine Awards

There is a sense of restraint in this wine, a hint to those who know the reward of time. Try with slow-cooked spring lamb shoulder with tamarillo jelly, served with sautéed potatoes, roasted beets and winter greens. Alternatively, you can’t go wrong with roasted Peking-style duck served with a rich, savory plum and five-spice sauce and stir-fried forest mushrooms in oyster sauce. Duck skin has a luxurious, fatty crunch, and mushrooms a slippery, earthy chew, bot a fantastic match to the mouthfeel in this wine.

About this wine 

The grapes for this wine were grown in the Mt. Lord vineyard, a Coal River Valley property acquired for Dalrymple in 2012. This is a young, but extremely promising vineyard with an easterly aspect and rows running up the steep, rocky dolerite hillside at an elevation of 134m to 156m. Planted to multiple clones, the site is entirely tended by hand.

The 2024 Coal River Valley season started with good spring rains and continued under warm, calm and dry conditions that provided ideal, even ripening conditions for the grapes.

The fruit was handpicked, and a small amount of whole bunches placed directly into open top fermenters with the balance destemmed and placed on top for a five- day ferment during which the caps were plunged a couple of times. The wine went through malolactic fermentation and rest during a ten-month period in French oak barriques of which 30% were new. The final blend is a barrel selection that rested for 18 months in bottles prior to release.

About Dalrymple Vineyards

The home of Dalrymple Vineyards is on the slopes of Pipers River in northern Tasmania. Established in 1987 by Bertel and Anne Sundstrup with Jill Mitchell, the site was acquired by Hill-Smith Family Vineyards in 2007. Peter Caldwell has been the steward of Dalrymple in the vineyards and the winery alike since 2010.