🍷Wine of the Month – May
2025 Ashton Hills Woods Hill Pinot Noir
Ashton Hills Vineyard
Located in the cool-climate heart of the Adelaide Hills, Ashton Hills Vineyard is one of Australia’s most respected producers of premium Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Founded by Pinot pioneer Stephen George, Ashton Hills has built a reputation for elegant, site-driven wines that showcase finesse, purity and regional character. Their small-batch approach and meticulous vineyard practices deliver wines layered with bright fruit, savoury complexity and fine structure.
The Wine
The Woods Hill Pinot Noir showcases everything lovers of Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir chase. The elegance, freshness and silky texture. Bright red cherry, wild strawberry and subtle spice lead into earthy undertones and fine tannins that bring balance and finesse.
There’s an effortless drinkability here. Yet enough complexity to keep Pinot enthusiasts interested. Refined, vibrant and beautifully structured. This is a cool-climate Pinot Noir captures the purity and charm of the Adelaide Hills in every glass.
Official Tasting Notes
Official tasting notes for the 2025 Woods Hill Pinot Noir highlights lifted aromas of cherry, strawberry and dark plum layered with spice and subtle earthy complexity. The palate is described as silky and finely structured. Showing vibrant red fruits, fresh acidity and delicate tannins with savoury notes of forest floor and spice adding depth.
The wine reflects the cool-climate elegance and purity that Ashton Hills is renowned for in the Adelaide Hills.
Why It’s This Month’s Pick
This Pinot Noir earns Wine of the Month status because it delivers everything we love about Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir in one beautifully balanced bottle. There’s purity of fruit, silky texture and layers of cherry, wild strawberry, earthy spice and savoury complexity that continue evolving in the glass. Elegant, vibrant and dangerously easy to drink, this is Pinot Noir done properly.
What really impressed us was the restraint and finesse. Bright acidity, fine tannins and cool-climate freshness keep the wine lively from start to finish, making it incredibly versatile at the table.
Food Pairing + Occasion
For us, this absolutely sings alongside my classic La Morra dried porcini creamy pasta finished with a drizzle of truffle oil. The earthy mushroom notes and subtle truffle richness beautifully complement the wine’s savoury character and silky texture. Creating one of those pairings that feels effortless yet seriously memorable. Simple pleasures.