The Australian Wine Companion: “A cooler vintage for Tolpuddle with some hen and chicken and lighter bunches due to a wetter-than-normal spring, before excellent ripening conditions for the remainder of the growing season. When compared to the '22 release there is a little more concentration on display. Vibrant, magenta-splashed ruby in the glass with aromas of dark cherry, plum and blackberry fruits with hints of crushed herbs, softly spoken vanillin oak, raspberry coulis, charcuterie board, purple flowers, bay leaf and stone. Rich and flowy with spice, herbal and floral tendrils weaving through the pure base layers of dark fruits. Textural and harmonious with finely crushed riverstone tannins and mineral line providing support and cadence. Another cracking release from Tolpuddle.” 96 points

The Wine Advocate: “The 2023 Pinot Noir is the third in a run of La Niña vintages, and the wine is darker in the glass than the preceding years. It is spicy, supple and silky, and the fruit has great intensity. This vintage shows its whole bunches, but they are counterbalanced by so much fruit that it works so well through the finish. This is perfumed and structured and saturated in flavour. Drink now-2036.” 96 points

Jancis Robinson MW: “Blueberry, cranberry, black cherry. Firm tannins that are broken by zingy acidity. Chewy texture and intense fruit. Still inscrutable at this age, full of punch and power. Drink now-2043.” 17.5+ points