Mulline Drysdale Pinot Noir 2024 is a quietly elegant and refined wine from Mulline’s single-vineyard lineup on the Bellarine Peninsula. Sourced from the Leech Vineyard (planted 1998), this MV6 clone Pinot Noir is fully destemmed with 15% new French oak, wild fermented, and matured for 9 months. It displays a deep bright crimson purple color with brooding aromas of morello cherry, black plums, rose bush, and hedgerow undertones. The palate is ripe, velvety, and balanced, showing wild strawberry, rhubarb, autumnal spice, sour cherry tang, and a subtle herbal finish. This wine is considered the most approachable of Mulline’s 2024 single-vineyard Pinot Noirs, rated 96 points by Philip Rich (Halliday Wine Companion) and 95 points by Campbell Mattinson (The Wine Front). It offers plush fruit with a gentle grip and is highly recommended for immediate enjoyment and medium-term cellaring.