2015 Ten Minutes by Tractor Judd Vineyard Pinot Noir

This epitomises top end Australian Pinot Noir, a stellar wine from one of Victoria's finest producers. A light to medium red hue in the glass with a nose that unravels layers of nuance. It starts with dark cherry and rhubarb before stem and earth gives a smokey and savoury flare with oak providing an array of brown spices.

The wine sits more on the masculine side of the pinot spectrum with a smokey stem and earthen notes the driving force with enough dark cherry fruit to give depth and spice notes building across the journey. A true peacocks tail of finish with emphatic length.

Line this up against top end burgundy and it will be in it's element.