This is the companion wine to the ‘Down The Hill’ Pinot Noir that I tasted last month and sourced from vineyards in the higher (Red Hill) part of the Mornington Peninsula.

I know I’m biased, given my history with 10X, but this is such an enjoyable, lighter-styled Mornington Pinot. Super light ruby in a nod to the delicacy, but it’s not unripe. Just ripe cherry raspberry, sappy, high acid palate – a real limpid freshness, with some raspberry pastille fruit to carry it off. Lovely wine, even if it’s a little bony.

Best drinking: this will live for ages, given that acidity. But I’d still drink it over the next five years. 18/20, 93/100. 12.5%, $54. Ten Minutes By Tractor website. Would I buy it? Yes.