A fresh, floral varietal Pinot with hints of hint of strawberry and gentle red fruits, this follows onto the palate and melds nicely with silken tannins and a crisp refreshing finish. Chill if the weather is hot – not too much, but enough to bring the wine back to the old world room temperature – about 14 deg C! Enjoy with Chinese cooked duck or some duck pancakes.

Handle with care: is the Spring Seed motto with their McLaren Vale Pinot – which as you may or not know, is a rare mythical beast - they think that they make the only Pinot Noir in the Valley. Back in the day, Joch’s father Peter used to grow masses of Pinot and sell it to big companies to make sparkling base. That was before the days of Shiraz for miles.

Spring Seed have to take care not to make a big McLaren Vale dry red, so they pick early and gently destem and crush the grapes and ferment them in small open vessels. They throw in some whole bunches, too, which makes for a more delicate extraction of colour, flavour and tannins from the skins. The wine spends about 5 months in old oak barrels before bottling.