{"product_id":"2025-bicknell-fc-applecross-pinot-noir","title":"2025 Bicknell FC Applecross Pinot Noir","description":"\u003cblockquote\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Undoubtedly one of our finest winemakers\"\u003cbr\u003e- Toni Paterson MW (Gourmet Traveller Wine)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/blockquote\u003e \n\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eDave Bicknell spent a quarter century building Oakridge into one of Australia's great wineries. Bicknell FC is what he does for himself, now full-time - smaller, freer, and entirely on his own terms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe Applecross Pinot comes from the Lance Vineyard in St Andrews, a site with vines going back to 1976 that Dave and Nicky Harris secured when they needed a new home for this wine. It's the kind of old, established block that makes a winemaker's job easier - and Dave's job here, as always, is mostly to stay out of the way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe style is everything you'd expect from him: fragrant and lifted on the nose, with raspberry, dried flowers and a whisper of spice, then bright and energetic on the palate with glossy red fruit and fine, lacy tannin threading through to a clean, Campari-edged finish. A little more depth than the 2024, but the same lightness of touch that's become the Bicknell FC signature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eDrink it now or hold it for five to seven years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e96+ points\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A pure-fruited nose with its perfumed aromas of raspberry, redcurrant and some subtle, whole-bunch-derived spice and dried flowers. Fills out ever so nicely on the energetic palate.”\u003cbr\u003e- Philip Rich (Halliday Wine Companion)\u003c\/p\u003e \n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e94 points\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is pretty stuff. It sits up high in the palate with a glossiness and a nipping bite.\"\u003cbr\u003e- Mike Bennie (The Wine Front)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e","brand":"Bicknell FC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50464248234027,"sku":"2025 Bicknell FC Applecross Pinot Noir","price":65.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2572\/9722\/files\/2025BicknellFCApplecrossPinotNoir.png?v=1790557636","url":"https:\/\/www.differentdrop.com\/products\/2025-bicknell-fc-applecross-pinot-noir","provider":"Different Drop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}