MANJIMUP | PEMBERTON
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
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2-4 MAY 2025
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IT'S THE SEASON FOR PINOT
Pinot Picnic is a three-day celebration of extraordinary events showcasing premium local Pinot and produce across Manjimup and Pemberton, Western Australia returning for its fourth year. Wine and dine your way through the stunning Southern Forests with a variety of pop-up pinot themed events.
Foodies, wine-lovers and romantics will have the chance to sip, taste and explore this stunning corner of Western Australia across the three-day celebration in May, with a wide variety of events, picnics, and wine promotions.
The Southern Forests is home to two of Australia’s most exciting emerging wine regions - Pemberton and Manjimup, and the leading Pinot regions in WA, known for quality, expressive wines. Combining southern latitude with high altitude and a relatively cool climate, the Southern Forests regions are ideal for producing boutique, artisanal gourmet produce and wines that are favourites among the world's top chefs and foodies.
Raise a glass - it's the season for Pinot!
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2025 EVENT PROGRAM
FRIDAY 2ND MAY
Explore a curated selection of four exceptional pinot noir examples from the wine regions of the Southern Forests, alongside the venue's delicious lunch menu.
See what winemakers based outside of the regions do with our exemplary fruit.
FLAVOURS OF THE FOREST
LUNCH, FRIDAY 2ND MAY
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Join Mark Aitken of Woodgate Wines at Tall Timbers Restaurant for a delightful lunch during the Pinot Picnic Festival. Enjoy a glass of brut cuvée on arrival, a choice of three mains paired with Woodgate Reserve Pinot Noir 2022, and finish with a decadent dessert and liqueur wine.
SATURDAY 3RD MAY
Experience Italian flavours at DeiTos Vineyard Wines. Enjoy award-winning Pinot Noir, meet winemakers Fabio DeiTos and Liam Carmondy, and indulge in pizzas by local favourite Rui Tuci. With music, coffee, and a relaxed vineyard setting, it’s the perfect blend of Italian heritage and Southern Forests charm.
Pass the Pinot is the opportunity to deep dive into Pemberley Pinot Noirs. Enjoy a vertical tasting of stunning Pinot vintages ranging as far back as 2010, while enjoying a three-course dinner paired to the varietal. Hear from the Radomiljac family and winemakers about their favourite vintages.
Leave the four walls of your studio behind and experience painting in the landscape. Spend four hours with a palette, a picnic, (and maybe a glass of pinot) and enjoy the fantastic views. The winner of the day will receive a $1000 cash prize. Not an artist? Drop in to see them in action and enjoy a tipple.
Embark on a gastronomic journey with "Pinots with Peos," a captivating dinner event held in the cosy embrace of the Peos family's Scandinavian grill house, the "grill hytte."
PINOTS WITH PEOS
DINNER, SATURDAY 3RD MAY
Explore a curated selection of four exceptional pinot noir examples from the wine regions of the Southern Forests, alongside the venue's delicious lunch menu. See what winemakers based outside of the regions do with our exemplary fruit.
FLAVOURS OF THE FOREST
LUNCH, SATURDAY 3RD MAY
Join Mark Aitken of Woodgate Wines at Tall Timbers Restaurant for a delightful lunch during the Pinot Picnic Festival. Enjoy a glass of brut cuvée on arrival, a choice of three mains paired with Woodgate Reserve Pinot Noir 2022, and finish with a decadent dessert and liqueur wine.
SUNDAY 4TH MAY
Discover the Yeagarup Dunes and our secret magnificent old growth Karri Forest on this half day eco 4WD adventure into the Warren & D'Entrecasteaux National Parks near Pemberton. Enjoy a delicious picnic accompanied by Pinot from local wineries.
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PICNICS
Create your perfect picnic with a hamper from Hound & Hunter Café, filled with delicious goodies to enjoy in the stunning Southern Forests. Pair it with your favourite bottle of Pinot Noir from a local bottleshop, and relish the beauty of the great outdoors. A truly memorable experience awaits!
HOUND & HUNTER
2ND - 4TH MAY
Discover the perfect picnic experience with a hamper from Park Café, featuring fresh, locally sourced delights to enjoy in the scenic Southern Forests. Grab a bottle of Pinot Noir from a nearby bottleshop and savour the flavours of the region while soaking in the tranquil beauty of nature.
PARK CAFE
2ND - 4TH MAY
2025 WINES
The Southern Forests is home to two of Australia’s finest cool climate wine growing regions, Manjimup and Pemberton, with the first commercial winery established in 1982. With rich, loam soil, the area has more than 50 vineyards, of which almost half are family-owned wineries.
The wines shown here all include (or are exclusively) made from pinot noir grapes from the Manjimup or Pemberton wine regions.
TABLE WINES
AMPERSAND ESTATES
2022 PINOT NOIR
Juicy yet delicate, this finely balanced wine shines with notes of mulled cherries, fresh strawberries, and a hint of soft spice. Subtle earthy tones add depth, leaving a lasting impression like a cherished memory or favourite song. Cellar Door RRP: $56.00 Available at: Cellar Door, Pemberton Liquor Barons, Manjimup BottleO (Tall Timbers)
The palate displays so much deep concentration, yet delivered with the finesse of the variety to perfection. Soft and almost mellow yet within there is power, structure and control, which carries the wine to a very long finish. Those chalky tannins and fine line of acid are features. Alc content: 13.5% RRP Price: $60.00 Available at: Manjimup BottleO (Tall Timbers)
BELOW & ABOVE
2021 PINOT NOIR
A seductive perfumed nose of rose petals and vanilla spice like characters. The silky and smooth palate is medium-bodied with masculine cherry flavours with the closure all spice. Combined with delicate soft tannins reaches effortlessly to a long finish. It has the structure and balance to handle further aging. Alc Content: 13.9% Cellar Door RRP: $55.00 Release Date: April 2025 Soon available at: Pemberton BottleMart, Manjimup BottleMart, Manjimup Thirsty Camel (Gateway Motel), Manjimup BottleO (Tall Timbers)
CHERUBINO WINES
2023 ADHOC 'CRUEL MISTRESS' PINOT NOIR
The nose shows juicy black and morello cherries, with mineral drive. A hint of spicy oak plays a supporting role to the palate that is softly textured, fresh and vibrant, with the flavours of black and red cherries and earthy beetroot terroir carried along by a fine long silky and refreshing finish. Alc Content: 13.5% Cellar Door RRP: $25.00 Available at: Cellar Door (Wilyabrup)
CHERUBINO WINES
2022 'ON THE FRINGE'
PINOT NOIR
The nose is a harmonious blend of black and red cherry, raspberry and subtle mineral terroir character. On the palate the wine is medium-bodied with silky tannins and a lively acidity with exceptional fruit character balance and purity. The flavours of ripe red and black cherry dominate the palate, and this fruit forward character is accompanied by a fine boned structure. The finish is long and lingering, leaving a pleasant aftertaste of dark berries and spice. This is an excellent example of a well-crafted Pinot Noir, showcasing the unique terroir of Pemberton. Alc Content: 12.5% Cellar Door RRP: $39.99 Available at: Cellar Door (Wilyabrup)
CHERUBINO WINES
2023 LAISSEZ FAIRE 'FOUNDRE' PINOT NOIR
Hand harvested estate grown fruit from sustainably and organically farmed vines. Winemaking practice here is with minimal-intervention for terroir clarity, and bottled with minimal sulfur after resting for 6-months in used French oak barrels. Perhaps our purest Pinot Noir expression from Pemberton. Tasting Notes: Aromas of dried rose petals, black and red cherry, and subtle herbaceous complexity. The tannins here are sophisticated and elegant with a fine acidity keeping the wine going long after the wine has finished. Alc Content: 13.5% Cellar Door RRP: $44.00 Available at: Cellar Door (Wilyabrup)
DREAM BIRD WINES
2024 MOLLYDUKER
PINOT NOIR
Handpicked Pemberton Pinot Noir, fermented with 30% whole bunches for complexity. Cold soaked to extract colour then lightly foot trod and pumped over for 15 days before pressing to seasoned puncheons. A short maturation of 8 months before being filtered and bottled. Light oak handling and delicate handling during ferment has resulted in a delicate, yet flavourful wine with elegance and bright fruit. Tasting Notes: Light cherry red in colour showing vibrant cherry, wild strawberry, hints of earthy mushroom and forest floor. Light, delicate flavours balanced acidity and with silky tannin leaving a lovely savoury finish. Enjoy at room temp or chill it in warmer months. Alc Content: 14.3% Cellar Door RRP: $35.00 Available at: Dunsborough Cellars or Online.
FABER VINEYARD
2024 MANJIMUP PINOT NOIR
Karri Brook Estate is where the massive forests of WA’s Southwest meet the bountiful Manjimup horticultural region. Manjimup is known for its mild weather, with cool wet winters and warm dry summers. The soils are a mix of deep and rich red and gravelly loams. This environment is ideal for Pinot Noir grapes. The fruit was fermented with a mix of crushed and whole bunches to achieve balance of fruit, stalk, and carbonic maceration flavours, then aged in older hogsheads. Tasting Notes: Complex, savoury, medium bodied style of Pinot Noir. Aromas and flavours of cherry fruit, dried herbs, and pepper. It is immediately appealing, rich and delicious. Alc Content: 13.5% Cellar Door RRP: $45.00 Release date: March 2025 Available at: Direct only once released.
KOOMAL CREEK
2022 PINOT NOIR
Garnet in colour, with aromas of raspberry and lightly spiced plum, our pinot is made in the vineyard and finessed in the winery. The dry grown berries of clones 114 and 115 balance medium bodied tannins with light acidity, producing a well-rounded, old oak, finish. Alc Content: 13.5% Cellar Door RRP: $42.00 Available at: Cellar door, Bottlemart Manjimup, Perth Metro Stockists
KOOMAL CREEK
2023 PINOT NOIR
2023 was an excellent year for growing Pemberton Pinot. The beautiful crimson colour entices, with spiced cherry aromas to tempt. This silky, medium bodied wine delivers raspberry and plum to the palette with tannins balanced from two clones. All fruit is dry grown from our single vineyard. Alc Content: 13.2% Cellar Door RRP: $39.00 Available at: Cellar door, Bottlemart Manjimup, Perth Metro Stockists
JOHN KOSOVICH WINES
2022 PINOT NOIR
The 2022 growing season was excellent in the region. Good rain early in the season and we had great fruit set. Selected clones in our vineyard include MV6, 115 and 777. For best results the fruit is cropped at low levels of approximately 1.5 ton per acre. All grapes are hand harvested and fermented in open tank with some portion whole bunch fermented. Tasting Notes: Medium fine colour. The wine offers aromas of spice, clove, cherries and subtle oak. The mid palate has weight and shows a fine tannin structure, ensuring the wines cellaring potential for 10 years. The wine is vibrant and shows complexity. It has a fine structure, focus and a persistent length all with a soft finish. A great pairing with game dishes or cheese. Alc Content: 13% Cellar Door RRP: $50.00 Available at: Cellar Door (Swan Valley) or online.
LILLIAN
2023 PINOT NOIR
John Brocksopp is a wine industry legend, having played a major role, as viticulturist for Leeuwin Estate and the development of Margaret River in the early days. In retirement, he tends his Pemberton vineyard and quietly makes some of WA’s best-value premium wines in an icy-cold, deep-set valley on Pemberton’s perimeter. His is a plush pinot style, reflecting the warmth of vintage, with ripe berry fruit, maraschino cherries, vanilla oak and a prickle of spice. In short, it’s a powerful pinot. The intensity and length are impressive. Flavours linger for minutes. While not a delicate, this is an extraordinary wine and worthy of a special occasion. -Paul Edwards, The West Australian, Dec 2022 Tasting notes: Bouquet: Cherry, Raspberry, Sweet Spice Palate: Cherries, Wild Strawberry, Plush Alc content: 13.9% RRP Price: $60.00 Available at: Manjimup BottleO (Tall Timbers)
MOUNTFORDS
2022 PINOT NOIR
Grown on a gentle N/E facing slope, made with minimal handling and matured in old French oak barriques. Enticing oak and dark cherry bouquet, and a smooth mouthfeel that draws you in further to its beguiling world of flavours. Ripe cherry continues with light raspberry acidity and tannins that prickle the tongue! As always, gentle but never dull. Tasting notes: Strawberry and raspberry bouquet with a hint of underlying spice. Delightful and subtle fruit tannins hold the intriguing complexity of flavours gently together, giving the wine both approachability and mystery. Drink now and savour for ever! Cellar Door RRP: $42.00 Available at: Cellar Door, Pemberton Liquor Barons
PEMBERLEY
2022 PINOT NOIR
Singing of Pemberton, this pinot could be from nowhere else. Brambly red cherry, strawberry and green olive direct the aromas, with hints of crushed coffee, white spice and white chocolate playing minor but significant roles onstage. On the palate, this is an elegant pinot, moving down the light and fine path, rather than full and dense. Not quite fine-boned, this has an elegant structure that holds all the intense fruit together, the tannins are finely woven throughout. Alc content: 13.5% Cellar Door Price: $35.00 Available at: Cellar door, Pemberton Liquor Barons, Pemberton BottleMart, Manjimup BottleMart, Manjimup BottleO (Tall Timbers)
PEOS ESTATE
2023 FOUR KINGS
PINOT NOIR
Lashings of black cherry, satsuma plum and sweet spices. Seamlessly integrated French oak tannins and a fresh acidity. Alc Content: 14% Cellar Door RRP: $40 Available at: Cellar door, Pemberton Liquor Barons, Pemberton BottleMart, Manjimup BottleMart, Manjimup BottleO (Tall Timbers), Manjimup Thirsty Camel (Gateway Motel), Manjimup BWS (at Woolworths)