Awards, Ratings & Reviews
95/100 ā Jane Faulkner, Halliday Wine Companion Ā· 2023 Vintage Ā· Tasted: 23 December 2025 Ā· Published: 27 April 2026 Ā· Drinking Window: 2026-2033
"Such a pretty wine; thereās a lightness of touch on the palate and wonderful perfume with the aromatics. Wafts of red roses, autumn leaves, incense and raspberry leaf. The palate is light with soft, silky tannins and cleansing acidity, and while you wouldnāt really call this complex, you would say itās a lovely drink."
About This Wine
The Darshan vineyard is a tribute to Bindi founder Bill Darshan Singh Dhillon, who passed in early 2013. Vineyard preparations began a few months afterwards, with planting taking place in 2014.
Darshan faces west on quartz-riddled soils similar to the Original Vineyard. It is planted at 11,300 vines per hectare, with 20% of the vines in a Crazy section at 22,600 vines per hectare featuring four clones.
Darshan, like Original Vineyard, is about perfume and finesse, whereas Block 8 and Block 5 share fruit depth and structure in common. Production typically varies from 100-150 dozen per vintage.
Producer Notes
The 2023 Darshan immediately displays the perfume and purity of the site. Red roses waft into cranberry and red currant, then into rhubarb before the close planted, miniscule cropping hallmarks of spice and earth appear. Here it takes four vines to produce one bottle. The palate is energetic and intense, tight and driven. Superfine, silky tannins work with the creamy supple fruit to drive a detailed, filigree finish. This wine will improve over five years and hold for five plus beyond that.
About the Producer
Bindi farms vines and manages the land of Ningulabul's Gunung Willam Balluk. Bindi vines grow in a mix of ancient stony Ordovician soils and younger volcanic soil.
The vines are intensively managed by hand and harvested by hand. Bindi wines are made without adding yeast, yeast nutrient, enzyme or fining agents.
Specifications
- Vintage: 2023
- Grape Variety: Pinot Noir
- Region: Macedon Ranges / Victoria / Australia
- Alcohol: 12.5%
- Sweetness: Dry
- Fermentation: Made without adding yeast, yeast nutrient, enzyme or fining agents
- Maturation: 15-17 months in French barrels, about 35% new
- Production Attributes: Hand harvested; no herbicides or systemic pesticides; no fining agents
- Vineyard / Geo info: Darshan vineyard; west-facing; quartz-riddled soils; planted in 2014; 11,300 vines per hectare, with 20% at 22,600 vines per hectare; four clones
- Drinking Window: 2026-2033
