2025 Jane Eyre Yarra Valley Pinot Noir

96 pts
Jane Eyre's Yarra Pinot is perfumed and poised, and more open than ever in 2025.

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Jane Eyre has spent the best part of two decades making wine in Burgundy, and it shows in every Pinot she brings home to Victoria. This is the Yarra Valley wine of her Aussie trio.

Fruit comes from vines over 30 years old, and the wine spends 10 months in oak. It's the same unhurried, light-handed approach Jane's known for, with subtlety always ahead of swagger. In most years this is the quiet, savoury one that needs time to open up. Not so in 2025.

Wild red fruits, sour cherry, pomegranate and rose, with a little white pepper and warm spice. There's an earthy, savoury thread through the juicy red fruit, and the tannins are fine and silky. Medium-bodied, with bright acidity and a long finish. It's lovely now, but there's more to come with a few years in the cellar.

Let's call it a Burgundian take on the Yarra, from one of the most brilliant Pinot makers going.

96 points
"The fragrance is quite beguiling, red fruited, floral, subtly spiced with white pepper, yet this is not about explosive fruitfulness; rather, elegance and poise are the themes."
- Marcus Ellis (Halliday Wine Companion)

94 points
"A bit of a Beaune vs Yarra thing happening here, that earthiness of the former and the finesse of the latter. Very good."
- Gary Walsh (The Wine Front)

96 points - "From vines over 30 years old, 10 months in oak. This is often the most reticent of the Jane Eyre wines, taking a little time to reveal itself. Not so this year, though that’s not negating the possibility of more left to unfold. Wild red fruits, sour cherry, rose and pomegranate, fringed with warm spices. The fragrance is quite beguiling, red fruited, floral, subtly spiced with white pepper, yet this is not about explosive fruitfulness; rather, elegance and poise are the themes. That fragrance blooms further on the palate, the structure all about refinement, with filigreed tannins and finely resolved acidity." - Marcus Ellis (Halliday Wine Companion)

94 points - "Strawberry, raspberry, dark cherry, a fair bit of spice here, a lick of pencil and cedar oak, some undergrowth, mint and dried flowers. It’s medium-bodied, an earthy and savoury character mingles with juicy red fruits, a fine grainy grip to tannin, some sappy acidity carries on a nutty finish of excellent length. A bit of a Beaune vs Yarra thing happening here, that earthiness of the former and the finesse of the latter. Very good." - Gary Walsh (The Wine Front)

Price Bracket $51 to $100
Type Red
Body Medium Bodied
Variety Pinot Noir
Country Australia
Region Yarra Valley
Australian State VIC
Feature Women in Wine
High Score
Reviewed By Halliday Wine Companion
The Wine Front
Critic Score 96
Size 750ml
Vintage 2025
Closure Screw Cap

Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre has a crazy story. A Melbourne hairdresser who decided, in her own words, she didn’t want to own a salon and wasn’t quite great at hair, so why not make wine? Fast forward to now, and she’s one of the most respected names working in Burgundy. First Aussie ever named Négociant of the Year by La Revue du Vin de France. First woman, too. No big deal.

What we love about Jane is how grounded her winemaking is. There’s no flash, no ego - just clean, focused wines that absolutely hum with energy. She works as a micro-négociant, buying fruit from tiny parcels, building long-term relationships with growers, and often farming the same rows every vintage.

Her style leans toward the elegant and expressive: light touch, gentle extractions, minimal new oak. She talks about whole bunch as a seasoning tool. These are wines that feel good - fine tannins, bright fruit, beautiful transparency. They drink effortlessly but reward attention.

While Burgundy is home, Jane still makes time for Australia, crafting superb Pinot from the Yarra and Mornington. Her wines across both hemispheres share a through-line: clarity, balance, and a kind of quiet confidence that you don’t forget.

Jane in her cellars in Burgundy. Jane Eyre

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