Across all three single-vineyard pinots Matt Holmes' winemaking remains the same, give or take a new barrel or two. So, what you taste are the true colours of each parcel. Here, the wine is steeped in old-vine concentration with flavours oscillating between red fruit and black, with earthy spice and mulchy, forest floor complexity. There’s an assured calmness to the palate, which combines both powerful, spice-charged perfume and regal structure. It’s not hard to see why Bannockburn are now bottling these old vines sui generis: the wine has character to burn.