Emmalene Pinot Noir 2025

Wine review: Emmalene Pinot Noir 2025

As Summer is well and truly in full swing, I’ve been enjoying trying the range from Emmalene wines, and wanted to share my thoughts on the Emmalene Pinot Noir 2025.  Light and great for chilling, this wine is very easy to love, especially on a Summer evening paired with BBQ and friends. From the first sip, it opens with bright cherry and strawberry, lifted by a subtle spice that keeps everything feeling fresh and alive.

There’s a lovely purity to the fruit, with soft floral notes and clean, refreshing acidity giving it that dangerously drinkable quality that makes you want to pour a second glass before you’ve even finished the first. This is the kind of red you’ll want to keep on hand year-round: light enough to enjoy with a chill on warmer days, but with enough character to shine with food.

About Emmalene

Emmalene is a heart-warming Adelaide Hills story about two families whose histories and passions just happen to intertwine. On one side, you have the Bartsch family, longtime growers who’ve nurtured fruit for some of the region’s biggest names. On the other hand, the Bulman family, talented makers who know how to coax the best from every grape. The name Emmalene appears in both family trees, a serendipitous link that now binds them as collaborators and custodians of these beautifully expressive wines. Together, they share a simple, honest vision: grow fruit that reflects the land, and craft wine that reflects the fruit. Grown by the Bartschs, made by the Bulmans—it’s a partnership that just makes sense.

All Emmalene wines come from four carefully tended Adelaide Hills sites each bringing its own personality to the range. Sustainability isn’t just a buzzword here; it’s the backbone of their farming. The vineyards are carbon neutral and powered by solar, nurtured with organic compost, permanent cover crops and even winter grazing to keep the ecosystem thriving. In the winery, the approach stays just as thoughtful, with minimal additions, gentle handling and low intervention guiding the process from fruit to bottle. The result? Naturally made, vegan-friendly wines that speak clearly of place, family and a shared commitment to letting the Hills shine.

Another fun thing about their labels, they are designed based off Tim Bartsch’s, the growers, Grans school art project from 1941.

You can learn more on their website.

Note: This wine was sent as a sample. I was under no obligation to post about it.