There’s always enthusiasm in the Graham household for a bottle of Oakridge Chardonnay or Pinot. This Hazeldene Pinot Noir 2022 doesn’t let us down, even if it’s not my fave of this year’s Oakridge single vineyard reds. A bright, vivacious and raspberried wine that feels rather glossy and pretty rather than trying to get big and spicy. There’s a little bitterness too, which is perhaps a nod to fruit picked a little earlier. Still a pretty, lucid and effortlessly enjoyable Yarra Pinot Noir.

THE VERDICT

• Best drinking: now and for the next five years
• Score (out of 20): 18
• Score (out of 100): 93
• Alcohol %: 13
• RRP (in $AUD): 48
• Winery website: https://oakridgewines.com.au/
• Would I buy it?: a few glasses