Ten Minutes by Tractor 10X Pinot Noir 2025
Ten Minutes by Tractor story began in the early 1990s with three vineyards planted in Main Ridge, each ten minutes by tractor apart.
Since 2003, Martin and Karen have led the evolution of the estate, adding new vineyards, a cellar door and restaurant, while deepening the connection between our wines and the land they come from.
The 2025 vintage was magnificent. Moderate warm days, cool nights and dry conditions throughout the summer and autumn provided ideal ripening conditions. Healthy and balanced canopies across all sites produced wonderful flavours and acidity and excellent fruit quality.
Handpicked fruit was hand sorted and fermented in various vessels across concrete, oak and stainless steel. Batches were cold soaked for 4 days at 8°C before the onset of wild fermentation. Light fermentation management with pump overs and some plunging over the 14 – 18 days on skins before pressed off to tank and racked to barrel. Natural malolactic fermentation was completed and then racked to tank.
Crumbed lamb cutlets with a crunchy broad bean, celery, radish and mint salad.
Ruby red shades, earthy undertones and spice are beautifully intertwined with bursts of sweet perfume, providing a wonderful welcome to this wine.
On the palate, it begins with raspberry and leathery notes that gracefully move towards a darker spectrum of black cherry as the wine glides and lingers. Tannins are fine and resolved, giving structure and depth, but it is the intense fruit profile that champions this wine, delivering on all levels from start to finish.