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Condition Cellared
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Lot ID 0051-10736173
Part of Sale Curated Fine Wine Collection :: Private Cellar
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Region:
SA - McLaren Vale

Expert Reviews

Bronze & 87 Pts - Halliday Rating.

Medium to full red-purple; the bouquet is clean, without any suggestion of bacterial or other activity; spicy dark plum aromas lead into a fully-framed and bodied wine, with some varietal character, good oak and handling of extract. A well-made wine; the limitations lie in the vineyard, which will always provide fruit headed towards dry red.

James Halliday, 19 June 2021.

The 2001 Pinot Noir Hickenbotham Vineyard is the final release of this cuvee. It offers an interesting perfume of plums, tomato skins, herbs, and sweet black cherry/currant fruit in a medium-bodied style.

RATING: 92

-Robert M. Parker, Jr. (Wine Advocate)

Winery Tasting Notes

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The Pinot vines were planted in 1975, and are cropped at 2–2.5 tonnes per acre. The wine was fermented on wild yeasts, as are all of the Clarendon Hills wines, and has been matured in a combination of 70% new oak and 30% one year old oak from Alliers and Vosges. The wine has been on wild yeast lees since March 2001 and never racked or fined.

The colour is outstanding, with vibrant deep mauve purple tones.

The nose took a little coaxing, but that is expected as the wine tasted was from tank and has suffered a little from movement.

Aromas of violets and spice emerge over dark cherry, plum and liquorice background notes.

After bottling the wine will blossom superbly.

The palate displays strong varietal character and builds momentum on the palate to deliver a strong power wave.

Flavours of dark cherry, plum, spice and liquorice emerge over a subtle earth/game background.

Excellent structure, with fine grained tannins and generous ripe fruit mouthfeel.

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BRONZE

James Halliday

Winery Profile

Clarendon Hills is a small family run winery based in Clarendon, South Australia. The company, founded by biochemist Roman Bratasiuk in 1990. The story of Clarendon Hills is one of passion, dedication and commitment to exceptional wine. It all began when the biochemist and wine lover decided to produce his own wine. Though he’d never trained as a winemaker, Roman let himself be guided by his refined palette and scientific knowledge. Following his favourite producers and preferred styles, Roman sought to make a version of the wines he loved.

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Other Information

  • 2001 vintage
  • 12 x 750mL units
  • SA - McLaren Vale
  • Cork closure
  • 14.5% alc.

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Cellar Condition

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Wines displaying a 5 star designation are recognised as being of proven quality provenance, our team has verified that the wine has been stored correctly from original purchase straight from the winery, documentation, where possible, has been sighted and cellaring conditions have been inspected. This wine generally comes from only the best and most respected of wine collectors in Australia.

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A wine displaying no stars doesn’t mean that there is a problem with the wine, it simply means that we have been unable to verify provenance, however a quality image is always available for the purchaser to make their own purchasing decisions.

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Private Cellar

Clarendon Hills Hickinbotham 2001 Pinot Noir (12x 750mL)

Closed: 24 June 2025 20:45 AEST

Sold for $275
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