Innocent BystanderPinot Noir
Semi Dry, Medium Bodied style of Pinot Noir
Yarra Valley, Australia
About this product
Semi Dry, Medium Bodied style of Pinot NoirYarra Valley, Australia
- TypePinot Noir
- Size750ML
- RegionYarra Valley
- Current Vintage2024* - Vintage is not guaranteed and may vary store to store or when delivered.
- Standard Drinks7.7
- Alcohol Volume13.5%
- CountryAustralia
- StateVictoria
- Brand NameInnocent Bystander
- Wine Makerblank
- ClosureScrew Cap
- Wine SweetnessSemi Dry
- Wine BodyMedium Bodied
James Halliday
Australian wine writer, critic and winemaker
Vintage 2012
93 points Halliday Wine Companion
Very good clear crimson-purple; red and black cherry fruit leaps from the glass on the first whiff and first taste; a high quality pinot from a very good vintage that is all about varietal fruit, with enough spice and oak to satisfy all comers.
- More about Ralph Kyte Powell
Ralph Kyte Powell
Australian wine judge and reviewer for Fairfax Media
Vintage 2010
4.5 stars points The Real Review
As Australian pinor noir vines mature, as winemakers grow more adept at handling this capricious grape and as consumers seek easy-drinking, non-aggresive reds, local pinots get better. At my tasting last week of $20-$25 local pinot noirs compared with minor French pinots of the Bourgogne Rouge type, mostly at $40 or more, there was no contest. Most of the Frenchies were dried out, fruitless and seriously unexciting, while the best plump-fruited, juicy Aussies were delicious. Innocent Bystander is a good example. Like a Down Under Cru Beaujolais in style, it is afforadable, aromatic with sour cherry, plum, spice and floral notes, light but intense and lingering, succulent, silky and soft in tannins.