5 Stars Yvonne Lorkin, June 2025 (2023 Vintage)
"The new Ballasalla has excellent energy, power and stacks of spice that’ll soothe the throat and clear the nose. Powerfully perfumed with redcurrant, raspberry, rhubarb crumble and smoked cherry topping, this wine saturates the palate with all that good stuff, and injects earthy spices into it’s long, textural finish. Youthful, complex and ready for a decade or more of action."
Gold Medal – Dish Magazine, May 2025 (2023 Vintage)
"Powerfully perfumed with redcurrant, raspberry, rhubarb crumble and smoked cherry topping, this example brings that aromatic energy racing across the palate and slides smoothly toward a long, suede-like finish. A lighter style licked with tobacco, it’s terrific!"
18.5/20 Joelle Thomson, September 2024 (2023 Vintage)
"This lively, lovely youthful Pinot Noir comes from a single vineyard in Bendigo, Central Otago, and is named after a village on the Isle of Man. Ballasalla is a medium bodied Pinot Noir, aged for 10 months in French oak, which adds a framework of depth and spicy notes of cedar, red cherries and red summer berries."
92/100 Cameron Douglas MS, September 2024 (2023 Vintage)
"Varietal, fruity, youthful and fleshy textured expression. Raspberry and cherry flesh with some plum and red apple skin suggestions. Layers of wood spice and earth smoke, some lees and core fruit flavours that reflect the bouquet. Fine tannins and plenty of acidity present a wine that is ready to drink and will match all sorts of different cuisines. Best from late 2024 through 2029."