2023 Kooyong Haven Pinot Noir 750ml

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Awards, Ratings & Reviews

95/100 — Matthew Jukes · 2023 Vintage · Published: Aug 2025
“Usually my favourite because the amplitude of flavour is heightened, and the texture is always a little more velvety. These twin traits often arrive with a little more tannin to boot, and this is the case in 2023. Yes, the fruit is more exotic and seductive, but you ought to wait at least twelve months before diving into this wine because the finish is foursquare and unyielding. It is my favourite again, but I will be enjoying all three Pinots in this year’s release because they all perform different tasks brilliantly. And when they are all distant memories, I will pour my first glass of 2023 Haven heaven!”

94/100 — Huon Hooke, The Real Review · 2023 Vintage · Published: Jul 2025
“Medium depth of bright colour, tinged with a good purple rim. The aromas are mineral with dried herb and boronia touches, superbly fragrant, while the palate is medium weighted and intense, with a very attractive complexity of flavours. The back-palate is long and harmonious and it has a lot of charm.”

93/100 — Halliday Wine Companion 2026 · 2023 Vintage · Published: 21 Jul 2025
“Following the theme of lighter-framed reds this vintage, expect lots of raspberry sorbet acidity and finer tannins. Morello cherries, poached rhubarb with lemon, blood orange juice and zest with menthol and alpine herbs. It feels cooling and fresh but needs food to see it at its best.”

94/100 — Jancis Robinson (17.5/20) · 2023 Vintage · Published: Mar 2025
“The Haven block is a protected site, away from strong winds. Sustainable viticulture. Spontaneous fermentation in an open-top wooden vat. No whole bunch, all whole berry. This little feels like a pearl, it’s smooth and glowing and blooming in the mouth. The tannins feel like apple peel in texture and the way they curl and curve around the wine. White-apple acidity. All about the heart of the wine. Concentric circles. Raspberry fruit. Really transparent. Glowing finish.”

About This Wine

The Kooyong vineyard is located on the Mornington Peninsula at Tuerong, on Miocene sedimentary soils. Wines are made from domain grown, handpicked grapes and aim to manifest terroir through the integration of geology, soils, mesoclimates and seasonal conditions.

This single-block wine is sourced from 0.75 ha of 27-year-old vines within one of the most sheltered vineyard sites, producing wines with fruit in the more purplish spectrum and a certain richness and lushness balanced by a firm tannin structure.

The fruit was entirely destemmed and fermented spontaneously with ambient yeasts in large-format wooden vats, with a fermentation period of 17 days. The wine was matured in French oak barriques and puncheons (14% new) for 12 months before bottling without fining or filtration.

Producer Notes

The 2023 Haven is deeply expressive, with aromas of red and dark cherry leading the way, supported by notes of forest strawberry, dried brown spice, and a subtle hint of twig. A twist of citrus adds lift and brightness, while understated oak rests quietly in the background, framing the wine with finesse.

Specifications

• Vintage: 2023
• Grape Variety: Pinot Noir
• Region: Mornington Peninsula / Victoria / Australia
• Fermentation: Wild fermentation in large-format wooden vats
• Maturation: 12 months in French oak barriques and puncheons (14% new)
• Alcohol: 13.0%