Bannockburn

5 Star Winery - Halliday Wine Companion
"Outstanding" (Serre Pinot Noir) - Langton's Fine Wine Classification IV

"The late Stuart Hooper had a deep love for the wines of Burgundy, and was able to drink the best. When he established Bannockburn, it was inevitable that pinot noir and chardonnay would form the major part of the plantings, with lesser amounts of riesling, sauvignon blanc, cabernet sauvignon, shiraz and merlot. Bannockburn is still owned by members of the Hooper family, who continue to respect Stuart's strong belief in making wines that reflect the flavours of the vineyard." - James Halliday

"Bannockburn Vineyards was established by Stuart Hooper in 1974 with the planting of a 3 hectare block of Shiraz vines near the township of Bannockburn, 25 kilometres north of Geelong. Since this Humble beginning, Bannockburn Vineyards has grown in size and notoriety to become one of the most highly regarded small winemaking estates in Australia. It was Stuart Hooper's passion to share the enjoyment of a bottle of red with friends and family, and his dream of producing wine from his own vineyard, that lead to the establishment of Bannockburn Vineyards, while his uncompromising commitment to always produce the best wine possible, regardless of cost, has placed Bannockburn Vineyards at the forefront of re-establishing Geelong as an exceptional cool climate wine producing area." - Bannockburn

  • Bannockburn 1314 AD Pinot Noir 2013

    [SOLD-OUT] Bannockburn 1314 AD Pinot Noir 2013

    Region: VIC- Geelong

    Mike Bennie 94+ points!"Opens very stern, decidedly grunty in briar, dried herbs and wet earth scents, but unfurls majestically with time. Savoury, firm across the palate, revealing simple dark fruit characters, but settling into graphite, earth and wet...

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    $27.00
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  • [SOLD-OUT] Bannockburn SRH Chardonnay 2012

    [SOLD-OUT] Bannockburn SRH Chardonnay 2012

    Region: VIC- Geelong

    Wine Front 94 points!“From 1976 plantings, left on lees for 36 months in (large) French oak casks. I opened it last night, tried a bit, then put the bottle away. It’s better today. It needs some air. Smells like rock pools, grilled nuts, spice, stone...

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    $85.00
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  • [SOLD-OUT] Bannockburn Chardonnay 2012

    [SOLD-OUT] Bannockburn Chardonnay 2012

    Region: VIC- Geelong

    - Wine Front 94+ points!'Golden colour and rich up-front, but it's a wine most characterised by its length of flavour. It sizzles through the finish. It tastes of lime, white peach and pineapple with oatmeal, nougat and fully integrated struck match. The...

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    $55.00
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  • Bannockburn De La Terre Pinot Noir 2012

    [SOLD-OUT] Bannockburn De La Terre Pinot Noir 2012

    Region: VIC- Geelong

    Campbell Mattinson 96 points!"This is every bit in the Bannockburn pinot noir mould, three quarts complexity to one quart fruit power, though the complex chords of flavour strumming through the finish are anything but ordinary. It feels churlish to list...

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    $60.00
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  • Bannockburn Pinot Noir 2012

    [SOLD-OUT] Bannockburn Pinot Noir 2012

    Region: VIC- Geelong

    Campbell Mattinson 95 points!It's electrifyingly fragrant. Wild with herbs, stalks, meats, dried flowers and spices. From the first smell, wow, this is alive, this has personality, this has a lot going on. In the mouth it's the same, almost sordid,...

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    $55.00
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  • [SOLD-OUT] Bannockburn Shiraz 2009

    [SOLD-OUT] Bannockburn Shiraz 2009

    Region: VIC- Geelong

    Wine Front 95 points!'Layers and layers and layers to this wine. Perfume requires attention with its meatiness and flecks of herbal complexity ' such wonderful savouriness here. Texture is dry, chewy, tannin-driven and yet soupy in depth, like a complex...

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    $44.00
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  • Bannockburn 1314 AD Pinot Noir 2011

    [SOLD-OUT] Bannockburn 1314 AD Pinot Noir 2011

    Region: VIC- Geelong

    Campbell Mattinson 92 points!New wine to the Bannockburn range. Made from nine-year-old vines. Clones MV6, 114 and 115. 40 percent whole bunches. No new oak. Winemaker Michael Glover describes it as "mini Bannockburn". It's the wine Bannockburn had to...

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    $24.00
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  • Bannockburn 1314 AD Pinot Noir 2011 RECLASSIFIED

    [SOLD-OUT] Bannockburn 1314 AD Pinot Noir 2011 RECLASSIFIED

    Region: VIC- Geelong

    This is a new, and altogether different, wine from the original release of Bannockburn's 1314 A.D. from the 2011 vintage. The latter wine was made from a declassified portion of the Bannockburn vineyard -Anne's Block, established in 2002, to be precise...

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    $29.00
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  • [SOLD-OUT] Bannockburn Serre Pinot Noir 2011

    [SOLD-OUT] Bannockburn Serre Pinot Noir 2011

    Region: VIC- Geelong

    Campbell Mattinson 94 points!"This wine is light but ridiculously talkative with scent and flavour. It goes on and on. Autumnal, spicy, nutty, foresty, red cherried, smoky. Its all vintage, variety, and strength of character. If you're looking for depth...

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    $100.00
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  • Bannockburn Chardonnay 2011

    [SOLD-OUT] Bannockburn Chardonnay 2011

    Region: VIC- Geelong

    Campbell Mattinson 94+ points!It was a cold and wet 2011 vintage in Geelong as well " though not quite as wet as it was in some others parts. I liked this immediately on opening but I left some in a glass overnight " a particularly chilly autumn night it...

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    $55.00
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  • [SOLD-OUT] Bannockburn De La Terre Pinot Noir 2011

    [SOLD-OUT] Bannockburn De La Terre Pinot Noir 2011

    Region: VIC- Geelong

    Campbell Mattinson 92+ points! "Second release of Bannockburn De La Terre " a single vineyard wine made with pinot noir...It doesn't mention pinot noir on the front label; it's the vineyard speaking. There is a movement, a small movement, towards...

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    $62.00
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  • Bannockburn Range Shiraz 2001

    [SOLD-OUT] Bannockburn Range Shiraz 2001

    Region: VIC- Geelong

    Jeremy Oliver 95 points!"A significantly more vibrant bottle than that which I previously tasted, with a smoky, leathery aroma of ripe plums, small blackberries, undergrowth and pleasingly reductive charcuterie aromas. Fine, smooth and silky, its long...

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    $65.00
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  • Bannockburn Serre Pinot Noir 2010

    [SOLD-OUT] Bannockburn Serre Pinot Noir 2010

    Region: VIC- Geelong

    Wine Front 96+ points!"Whoa. Hold me back. Immediately there's an accessibility in the wine, but the message says pause, reflect, hold. Aromas are shy " briary red berries with earth, clove spice and game aromas " but open in glass. There's a fleshiness...

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    $100.00
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  • Bannockburn Shiraz 2008

    [SOLD-OUT] Bannockburn Shiraz 2008

    Region: VIC- Geelong

    Campbell Mattinson 92+ points! "You can't judge a wine by the numbers but it's interesting to view the alcohol level history of Bannockurn shiraz " because it shows such a clear direction. 2003 Bannockburn Shiraz: 14.8% alc 2004 Bannockburn Shiraz: 15...

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    $44.00
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  • Bannockburn SRH Chardonnay 2010

    [SOLD-OUT] Bannockburn SRH Chardonnay 2010

    Region: VIC- Geelong

    The Wine Front 95+ points!"Touch smoky, touch nutty, touch of struck match. Richness of stone fruit and citrus combed through the savouriness. Savoury to taste too, lighter, flightier than 2009, but with equal intrigue and a purity at heart. It needs...

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    $85.00
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  • Bannockburn Pinot Noir 2010

    [SOLD-OUT] Bannockburn Pinot Noir 2010

    Region: VIC- Geelong

    Campbell Mattinson 94 points!"Michael Glover's words to describe this wine: "Complex, full of character, idiosyncratic, challenging, perhaps even difficult ... all good pinot noir requirements and descriptors in my book, and everything you would want...

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    $55.00
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