2025 Clonakilla Pinot Noir

Pinot Noir has always been a bit of a holy grail for Tim Kirk and the team at Clonakilla.

While their Shiraz Viognier usually steals the limelight, this small batch passion project is where they get to flex their cool-climate muscles in a different direction. The wine relies on a serious foundation of vine age, including original plantings from 1978 and a mix of premium clones like Abel and Pommard put in over the last two decades.  

The 2025 vintage was a winner, benefiting from a wet spring and a warm, even summer that pushed the fruit into ideal territory.

This is the first time we've gotten our hands on a little of Tim's Pinot; typically, it just sells out to the faithful Clonakilla club members. Enjoy it while it's here because it won't be here for long.

95 points
"There’s depth to this wine but there’s also exuberance. There’s also structure, nuance and distinctiveness, the combination of which makes for most delicious and engaging drinking... In any case this is an excellent release of Clonakilla Pinot Noir."
- Campbell Mattinson (The Wine Front)

94 points
"Classy Pinot Noir, capturing the pretty perfume and detailed complexity so enthralling about this grape. Excellent."
- Tom Kline (Wine Pilot)