2023 Mac Forbes EB86 Showdown #4 Pinot Gamay

Light, glugable 'glou glou' style of red with Gamay and Pinot Noir getting on like a house on fire.

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Description

Pinot Noir & Gamay make for great bedfellows.

In Burgundy, these blended wines (Bourgogne Passe-tout-grains) are built for fresh, sometimes rustic, easy drinking, often consumed by the picking crews themselves during harvest.

This version by Mac Forbes and team is as fresh as a daisy. A little bit of whole-bunch, a little time in concrete, bottle young and bright. It's a light, juicy, could-be-bloody-brilliant-with-a-chill red that's perfect for knocking back in tumblers as the sun goes down.

Our EB (Experimental Batch) wines are used for small interesting batches of wines that push through boundaries of either viticulture or winemaking. They represent a challenge to ourselves in terms of either a new viticultural or winemaking direction.

One of our favourite parts of harvest is filling in the "incoming fruit" whiteboard each morning. Some days, the incoming parcels are just screaming to be co-fermented! A little bit of concrete, a little bit of whole bunch and a whole lot of fun, this classic combination draws inspiration from the workers wines of the old world.

TASTING NOTES

Heady and brooding with nostalgic aromas of dark fresh cherry, baking spice and rhubarb up front and mulchy, herbal undertones. Bright juicy red fruits dominate the
palate with sinewy structure seamlessly knitting the two varieties together. An impressive red wine that can easily take a light chill over summer.

VINEYARD

Region: Dixons Creek & Coldstream, Yarra Valley

WINEMAKING

Fruit: 30% carbonic maceration in concrete, 25 days on skins

Maturation: 4 months in small & large old oak

Yeast: Wild

Filtration: Unfiltered

Price Bracket $31 to $40
Type Red
Body Light Bodied
Variety Gamay
Country Australia
Region Yarra Valley
Australian State VIC
Alcohol 14%
Size 750ml
Vintage 2023
Closure Cork

Mac Forbes

If you love premium and artisanal Australian wine, Mac Forbes is a name you need to know. He’s not only one of the country’s most talented winemakers, but he’s one of the most influential spokesmen for promoting the concept of Australian ‘terroir’, believing that wine should represent a time and a place.

Mac specialises in single vineyard Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Syrah and Cabernet from the Yarra Valley. His wines are delicate and finely etched, characterised by subtlety and grace.

His Pinot Noirs are fine-boned, the Chardonnays are adored by lovers of fruit purity rather than winemaking artifice, and his array of off-dry Rieslings from the Strathbogie Ranges are among the country's most interesting. Additionally, his ever-expanding range of experimental wines is a treasure trove for the curious drinker.

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