2023 Timo Mayer Cabernet Sauvignon

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100% whole bunch ferment on Yarra Valley Cabernet?! You better believe it!
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Whole-bunch ferments with Syrah and Pinot Noir, are very in vogue at the moment, but whole-bunch with Cabernet? Are you crazy?! Well, don't knock it 'til you've tried it...

Timo Mayer's Cabernet is 100% whole-bunch, the man does not do things by halves. The benefit here is that the tannins and textural elements of the wine can be derived from the stalks and seeds, as well as the skins, and it drastically reduces your need for a heavy oak influence to impart structure. Of course, this also means that the wine is fresher, more 'alive' in its youth, and doesn't require decades in the cellar to look the goods.

If this wine could talk, it would spruik you a Ginsburg poem, a little left of centre yet undeniably beautiful and thought-provoking all at once. Just try it, you might just fall in love with Cabernet in a way you never have before.

96 points
"A bit darker and denser than last year's wine but equally elegant and perfumed with its scents of blackcurrant, cherry, blackberry leaf and violets. Medium bodied with balanced, mouthcoating yet fine tannins. A lovely wine, more reminiscent of great cabernet franc than sauvignon."
- Philip Rich (Halliday Wine Companion)

Sweet cassis nose, dark and Blackberry bramble. Soft tannins /round and delicious.

Region: Yarra Valley, VIC
Blend: Cabernet Sauvignon (100%)
ABV: 13.00%
Closure: 750ml
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96 points - "Cabernet from a north-facing slope on Hans and Anna Orth's vineyard in Coldstream. 100% whole bunches, matured in hogsheads (10% new). A bit darker and denser than last year's wine but equally elegant and perfumed with its scents of blackcurrant, cherry, blackberry leaf and violets. Medium bodied with balanced, mouthcoating yet fine tannins. A lovely wine, more reminiscent of great cabernet franc than sauvignon." - Philip Rich (Halliday Wine Companion)

93 points - "Super peppery, herbal scents, a good sense of Aussie bush, a backdrop of cassis, lavender, plum. Surprisingly juicy in the palate yet tightens on ribs of emery board tannin. More herbs, a touch of mint, brined green olives, juicy blackcurrants, just-ripe plum and anise following through. It’s a wild card, but prosecutes its case well. An eccentric wine in the best sense." - Mike Bennie (The Wine Front)

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    4 years ago
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    Rated 3 out of 5 stars
    Timo Mayer Cab

    A unique cabernet expression from Timo Mayer. Medium bodied. Lush mouthfill with enjoyable herbal notes on the back palette yet overly sweet primary fruit up front. Keen to re-visit in a couple of years.

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Timo Mayer

German-born, enigmatic winemaker Timo Mayer is one of the great characters of the Yarra Valley. The words bombastic, charismatic and wild are as much applicable to the man as his wines.

From his close-planted Yarra Valley vineyard, evocatively named 'Bloody Hill', Timo carves out some astounding wines made with low levels of new oak and minimal additions. The signature of Timo's winemaking style is his penchant for whole-bunch ferment. His wines have an ethereal quality, firm tannins and impeccable structure.

These are compelling and extremely limited wines that tell a unique story of the Yarra Valley.
The Bloody Hill range is now the responsibility of Timo's talented son Rivar Mayer Ferguson, and has dropped the Mayer on the label from the 2021 releases. They continue to be superb value wines.

Winemaker Timo Mayer Yarra Valley, VIC Timo Mayer

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