2024 Bannockburn De La Terre Pinot Noir
2024 Bannockburn De La Terre Pinot Noir

2024 Bannockburn De La Terre Pinot Noir

96 pts
Bannockburn |Geelong |Pinot Noir
A site-driven Bannockburn Pinot from organically farmed, close-planted vines, offering savoury depth and quiet elegance.
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Description

De La Terre, meaning “of the earth,” is Bannockburn’s nod to the small, high-density plantings tucked in beside the famous Serré block. These vines went into the ground back in 2007, farmed organically and cropped low, so everything here comes through with real intensity and focus.

The 2024 vintage is classic De La Terre - savvy, savoury Pinot that’s not trying to be flashy. Bright red fruits and bramble sit alongside earthy spice and that faint iron-stone minerality you can taste across much of Bannockburn. It’s fermented wild, aged in mostly old oak with just a touch of new, and bottled with the kind of restraint that lets the vineyard do the talking.

This isn’t a Pinot that shouts, more one that draws you in with layers of detail and quiet power. It’s elegant but grounded, and always one of the most compelling wines in the Bannockburn line-up.

"Bannockburn produces outstanding wines across the range, all with individuality, style, great complexity and depth of flavour."
- James Halliday

Campbell Mattinson

Campbell Mattinson

The Wine Front 96 Points

Some wines just have that extra something, and this is one of those wines. It’s outstanding. The length of the finish here is for the ages. It tastes of iron, cherry, woodspice, undergrowth and cedar, red rose notes in the mix too, and it firms beautifully as it mounts its final attack. One sip and I was convinced. It’s complex, tense, and exquisitely well finished.

Campbell Mattinson

Campbell Mattinson

The Wine Front 96 Points

Bannockburn’s De La Terre vineyard was planted (to high density) in 2007, and certified organic in 2021.

Some wines just have that extra something, and this is one of those wines. It’s outstanding. The length of the finish here is for the ages. It tastes of iron, cherry, woodspice, undergrowth and cedar, red rose notes in the mix too, and it firms beautifully as it mounts its final attack. One sip and I was convinced. It’s complex, tense, and exquisitely well finished.

De La Terre, named in reference to our ethos ‘of the earth’, was planted in 2007 and certified organic in 2021. Made up of two blocks, this vineyard is a high-density planting adjacent to Serré, but explores variables of exposition, orientation, and clonal makeup.

Viticulture

De La Terre Pinot Noir is made from a 1.78-acre vineyard block, planted in 2007. The clone is predominantly 777 but includes a portion of 114. The vine spacing is 1m and the row spacing is 1.2m (8,333 vines/hectare), and the block is made up of two sections: the top flat section, which has north-south row orientation, and the east slope, which has an east-west orientation. The soils are dark clay over weathered basalt and limestone.

Winemaking

The fruit was handpicked, completely destemmed, and fermented on skins for 10 days before pressing to French oak hogshead barrels, 25% of which were new. The wine was left undisturbed, went through malolactic fermentation in spring, and was blended and bottled in February.

Tasting Note

De La Terre is lifted and savoury, showing bramble, red berries, and garrigue on the nose. The palate carries through with cherry cola, spice and a ferrous edge—lighter and finer in structure than Serré, but with serious intent and complex savoury tones. A detailed and earthy Pinot Noir that sits on the edgier side of our estate’s stylistic spectrum.




Price Bracket $51 to $100
Type Red
Body Medium Bodied
Variety Pinot Noir
Country Australia
Region Geelong
Australian State VIC
Reviewed By The Wine Front
Halliday Wine Companion
Critic Score 96
Alcohol 13.5%
Size 750ml
Vintage 2024
Closure Screw Cap

Bannockburn

For over 50 years, Bannockburn has been a quiet force in Australian fine wine. The story began in 1974 when Stuart Hooper discovered and planted this now-iconic site in Victoria’s Moorabool Valley. In 1978, Gary Farr joined as winemaker, bringing a Burgundian lens that helped define the estate’s identity.

Today, Matt Holmes leads the winemaking, first stepping in for the 2005 vintage and returning permanently in 2015 after Michael Glover’s departure. Holmes’ style is thoughtful and site-first - guided by organics, minimal intervention, and an intuitive feel for balance. His Chardonnays are chiseled and composed. The Pinot Noirs - more precise than ever - are some of Victoria's best.

Viticulturist Lucas Grigsby, a 30-year veteran, tends the vines with the same hands-on, regenerative mindset. Together, they farm sustainably - straw mulching, composting, and nurturing cover crops - all to express the site with absolute clarity.

Bannockburn’s single-vineyard range tells the deeper story. S.R.H. Chardonnay draws tension and salinity from ancient marine sediments. The iconic Serré vineyard, planted densely in 1984, channels a Grand Cru sensibility. These are wines shaped by place, not ego. They hum with Burgundian influence, but speak fluently in an Australian accent.

Winemaker Matt Holmes - Geelong, VIC Bannockburn

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