2025 Chatto Seven Inch Pinot Noir, Huon Valley

Bright and focused with crunchy red-fruited aromas of red cherry and currant, with cranberry, rosehip, hibiscus and wet stone. The palate is taut and refined with a lovely mid-weighted feel underneath the tense acidity and finely tuned tannins. Full of energy with plenty of nuance to unravel with time in bottle, though delightful now. Drink or hold.

96 points Ryan Montgomery for James Suckling, September 2026

A beautiful pinot noir sourced from Max and Sue Kitchell's Glaziers Bay vineyard, just a kilometre or so from neighbours of Jim and Daisy Chatto's home in the Huon Valley. Bright mid-ruby in the glass with a wisp of struck flint twisting its way through the pure red plum, raspberry, cranberry and red cherry fruits. It's lithe, layered and complex, with souk-like spice, leaf litter, charcuterie, meadow flowers, enoki mushroom broth, char siu, nori sheets and crushed riverstone. There's a wonderful maritime energy to this wine. It has sapidity and sinew in just the right doses, with filigree, purity and velocity in equal measure on the fade out. Drink to 2038.

96 points (Special Value) Dave Brookesfor Halliday Wine Companion, June 2026

Medium-light red laced with purple; lifted perfumes of sweet cherry, poached strawberry, raspberry and floral notes, a hint of mint and some charcuterie, the palate also in the ethereal caste, with lightness and lifted aromas, backed by firm but balanced tannins. A leaner, fine boned, elegant wine, with oodles of charm. Simply gorgeous. Drink to 2037.

96 points Huon Hooke for The Real Review, June 2026

Jim Chatto's obsession with Pinot Noir has taken him around the world but it was Tasmania that had the strongest pull. After years of searching, he found his place at Glaziers Bay in the Huon Valley, right on the edge of viticultural possibility. The Isle vineyard planted in 2007 remains the heart of Chatto Wines. A small and carefully chosen family of Tasmanian wines has grown around it, each one a conversation with the variety and the site, driven by an insatiable curiosity for Pinot Noir.

The Seven Inch takes its name from the small beach at Glaziers Bay, just around the corner from Jim and Daisy Chatto's own Isle vineyard. The fruit comes from the neighbouring property of Max and Sue Kitchell — around 1,000 vines, enough for roughly 1,350 bottles in a good year. Dark cherry, exotic spice and a struck-flint lift that has become something of a signature for this wine, with a palate of real depth and graceful line.

Tiny quantities available. Drinking well now through 2041.