{"title":"Bicknell FC","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDavid Bicknell is widely regarded as one of Australia’s most influential winemaking talents, who has played a significant role in shaping the modern Australian wine landscape. \u003cspan class=\"citation-7 citation-end-7\"\u003eAfter a celebrated tenure at Oakridge Wines, Bicknell recently departed the winery he had lead to great heights for nearly 25 years. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis exciting new chapter for Bicknell allows him to turn his full attention to Bicknell FC, the personal winemaking project he has been carefully building over the past decade. For wine lovers, this provides an opportunity to continue enjoying the talents of one of Australia’s great Chardonnay and Pinot Noir makers under his namesake label.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"bicknell-fc-applecross-pinot-noir","title":"Bicknell FC 'Applecross' Pinot Noir 2024","description":"\u003ch3\u003e96 Points - Philip Rich\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDavid Bicknell is widely regarded as one of Australia’s most influential winemaking talents, who has played a significant role in shaping the modern Australian wine landscape. \u003cspan class=\"citation-7 citation-end-7\"\u003eAfter a celebrated tenure at Oakridge Wines, Bicknell recently departed the winery he had lead to great heights for nearly 25 years. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis exciting new chapter for Bicknell allows him to turn his full attention to Bicknell FC, the personal winemaking project he has been carefully building over the past decade. For wine lovers, this provides an opportunity to continue enjoying the talents of one of Australia’s great Chardonnay and Pinot Noir makers under his namesake label.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\"96 Points. From the old Lance's vineyard, planted from 1976–1998 (with a selection massale from Mount Mary) and in 2003. 80% whole berry and 20% whole bunch. Bright crimson. Perfumed with wild strawberries, first of the summer cherries, subtle rose bush and spice. The more you swirl the glass, the more fragrant it becomes. On the palate, there is a tender plushness, making it feel quite different to the previous Bicknell FC pinots from the Upper Yarra. Fine tannins and bright acidity round out a beautifully crafted and graceful wine.\"- Philip Rich, Halliday Wine Companion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"95 Points. Pinot Noir from what was the Lance family vineyard at St Andrews in the Yarra Valley. 174 dozen bottles and 30 magnums made. I love this wine. It’s beautiful now and it will be beautiful, in a different way, in five or ten years time. It tastes of cherries and rhubarb, undergrowth and minerals, cedar-smoke and autumn leaves, though if ever there was a wine where the notation of individual descriptors was superfluous to requirements, it’s this wine. It is what it is; it presents as one; it tastes of soils, fruits, woods and leaves; it’s spring and autumn in one.\"- Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bicknell FC","offers":[{"title":"1 Bottle","offer_id":58573908574368,"sku":"$59.90","price":59.9,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0414\/3464\/4640\/files\/Bicknell_FC_Applecross_Pinot_Noir_2024_96_Points.png?v=1785819848"},{"product_id":"bicknell-fc-applecross-chardonnay-2024","title":"Bicknell FC 'Applecross' Chardonnay 2024","description":"\u003ch3\u003e97 Points - Philip Rich | Very Limited Stocks\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDavid Bicknell is widely regarded as one of Australia’s most influential winemaking talents, who has played a significant role in shaping the modern Australian wine landscape. \u003cspan class=\"citation-7 citation-end-7\"\u003eAfter a celebrated tenure at Oakridge Wines, Bicknell recently departed the winery he had lead to great heights for nearly 25 years. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis exciting new chapter for Bicknell allows him to turn his full attention to Bicknell FC, the personal winemaking project he has been carefully building over the past decade. For wine lovers, this provides an opportunity to continue enjoying the talents of one of Australia’s great Chardonnay and Pinot Noir makers under his namesake label.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\"97 Points. From the now defunct Lance's vineyard in St. Andrews, planted in 1984. Whole-bunch pressed to older puncheons. The combination of a cool year and a warm site works beautifully here. A bright green gold. Aromas of perfectly ripened stone fruits meet a little grilled cashew and gentle saline scents in this gorgeous wine. Gently fleshy but with that trademark Bicknell purity of fruit and backbone. Long. Lovely.\"- Philip Rich, Halliday Wine Companion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"96 Points. I’m pretty sure that this was grown on the Diamond Valley Vineyards\/Punch site at St Andrews in the Yarra Valley, though I could be wrong. The Lance’s DVV\/Punch vineyard was sold earlier this year\/late last year, and for the 2024 and 2025 vintages (and hopefully ongoing) Dave Bicknell has bought fruit from the new owners. The quality of the fruit that this vineyard grows needs no introduction or explanation, of course. Production was 174 dozen. Fermented using natural yeast - in this case, ambient. 25% new oak. I’m stunned by the concentration of fruit flavour here. If this wine called me on the telephone I’d be holding the receiver away from my ear - actually that’s not quite accurate because the flavour here is delicious, but you get the idea. The bottle cap should say Warning: Gale Force Flavour. These flavours play in the pear, grapefruit, tinned peach and lime arenas, with (subtle) flint and nougat characters as highlights. There’s pineapple-like acidity in action too, the latter emphasising just how drenched in flavour the acidity itself is, for starters, but also keeping the wine fresh and vigorous. The overall impression: A Class.\"- Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bicknell FC","offers":[{"title":"1 Bottle","offer_id":58573939507360,"sku":"$59.90","price":59.9,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0414\/3464\/4640\/files\/Bicknell_FC_Chardonnay_97_Points.png?v=1785819729"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0414\/3464\/4640\/collections\/Bicknell_FC_Logo.png?v=1786941477","url":"https:\/\/auscellardoor.com.au\/collections\/bicknell-fc.oembed","provider":"AusCellardoor","version":"1.0","type":"link"}