2024 Dr. Edge Tasmania Pinot Noir

Peter Dredge is at it again, crafting a lightning bolt of a Pinot Noir that perfectly captures the tension, purity, and complexity of Tasmania’s fruit. Dredge says it's the densest and most complex Tasmanian Pinot he's made under the Dr. Edge banner in its 10-year history... Sign us up!

The 2024 Dr. Edge Tasmania Pinot Noir is a blend of Derwent Valley (60%) and Tamar Valley (40%) fruit, stitched together from 13 different parcels, each treated separately by clone, vineyard, and varying levels of whole-bunch fermentation.

Wild-fermented using the Pied de Cuve method, the wine was pressed into a mix of seasoned oak casks and Italian concrete tanks, where it rested for 9 months before bottling unfined. This vintage leans into density and depth, with the concrete element adding minerality and brightness, while the oak-matured parcels bring softness and mealy texture.

This Pinot hums with energy. Aromatically, it’s crushed red berries, wild herbs, and spice, with a faint earthy edge keeping things grounded. The palate is bright yet structured, layering red cherry, cranberry, and fine, silken tannins over a long, flowing finish.

This is Dr. Edge at full throttle - an electric Tasmanian Pinot Noir that won’t last long on the shelves. Don’t hesitate.

94 points
"Cherry, raspberry, nice and aromatic, with a dried flower perfume, plus a little sap and spice, and an undercurrent of something a bit earthy or clay-like. It’s medium-bodied, again the violet and rose perfume amongst juicy cherry and blue fruit, toasted hazelnuts, a light dusty grain and grip to tannin, cranberry acidity, a little blood orange tang, with a bright finish of excellent length. Delightful wine. Lovely energy and sense of purity here."
- Gary Walsh (The Wine Front)