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- 2021 Mount Mary Pinot Noir
- 2022 Tolpuddle Vineyard Pinot Noir
- 2022 Place of Changing Winds Between Two Mountains Pinot Noir
- 2022 By Farr Sangreal Pinot Noir
- 2023 Timo Mayer Dr. Mayer Pinot Noir
- 2023 Bannockburn Serre Pinot Noir
2021 Mount Mary Pinot Noir
The fastest wine to sell out each year from Mount Mary is the Pinot Noir. It's a wine that excels regardless of the vagaries of the vintage.
As Sam Middleton explains, "We often find our Pinots made in the warmer vintages surprise us the most when tasted in vertical lineups. We believe this speaks to the uniqueness of our site, in particular the cold nights we experience during the growing season here at Mount Mary."
It's a wine that blossoms with time in the cellar. Each vintage shows structure, power and grace.
97 points
"A bright crimson red. Perfumed and seductive even at this early stage. Aromas of wild red berries, gentle spice, dark rose and bracken. Concentrated and structured with very fine, sinewy and savoury tannins. A brilliant, non-mainstream Yarra Valley pinot that's been built to go the distance."
- Philip Rich (Halliday Wine Companion)
96 points
"Ripe strawberry, a little spice, pretty too with some rose and chamomile, mint and undergrowth. It’s medium-bodied, red berries and honey, with a savoury tobacco edge, the quality of tannin is excellent here, offering grip and a sort of tea leaf character, which puts me in mind of Barbaresco (though don’t mind me), and the finish is long, firm and shapely, and kind of ferrous and minerally. It feels young and pent up as at now, to some extent, though I reckon it will evolve into a classic MM Pinot with considered cellaring. A terrific release."
- Gary Walsh (The Wine Front)
2022 Tolpuddle Vineyard Pinot Noir
The Tolpuddle Pinot Noir hails from one of the most talked about vineyards in Tasmania.
It has some of the country's keenest wine-minds as its custodians, including Michael Hill Smith MW and Martin Shaw, winemaking guru Adam Wadewitz and Ray Guerin, one of Australia's most respected viticulturists.
With an all-star team and a plot of dirt this good, this is rapidly becoming one of Tasmania's most talked about and iconic Pinot Noirs.
If you're a true Pinot lover then this wine simply demands a place in your cellar.
98 Points
"Impressively deep, rich purple-red color, unusual in Australian pinot noir. The bouquet is loaded with black cherry, blackberry, and spice aromas, a hint of smoky oak adding charcuterie and five-spice nuances, while the palate is voluptuously full and rich, decadently flavored, with luxurious flesh and fruit, abundant fine/soft tannins, and terrific length. There are some whole-bunch nuances which are beautifully incorporated into the wide array of flavors. A totally convincing and thoroughly impressive Aussie pinot noir to compare with the best in the world."
- Huon Hooke (The Real Review)
96 Points
"Tolpuddle has firmly cemented its position at the pointy end of the Tasmanian pinot noir pyramid, consistently producing knockout wines that have become a benchmark for the region. Nothing changes with the 2022 release... Textural and elegant yet with an undercurrent of latent power and intensity, a tight tannin frame, and a long finish that shows balance and poise. Just wonderful stuff."
- Dave Brookes (The Halliday Wine Companion)
2022 Place of Changing Winds Between Two Mountains Pinot Noir
The Between Two Mountains Pinot Noir from Place of Changing Winds is a refined expression of Pinot Noir, showcasing the unique terroir between Mount Macedon and Mount Bullengarook in the Macedon Ranges. This lighter, red-fruited wine offers remarkable freshness and site transparency, and has become one of Victoria's most sought-after Pinot Noirs in just a few short years.
Crafted with organic viticulture and minimal intervention, this cuvée is vibrant and energetic. Its fine texture and structure make it approachable now, while possessing the potential to develop beautifully over the next decade.
Produced from all vineyard plots except those used for the limited Beyond the Forest cuvée, this Pinot Noir matured for 18 months in Stockinger casks, with 50% new oak from a 1,000-liter cask. With only 2,564 bottles produced, the Between Two Mountains Pinot Noir epitomizes the dedication and expertise of Rob Walters and his team.
This is a future collectable of Australian wine. Best get in while you can, it won't be available for long.
96+ points
"A sheath of lacy, granitic tannin over dark cherry, woody spice, and a general sense of ultra pure, tart cherry juice. Incredible extension of flavour and an almost unnerving consistency to texture."
- Mike Bennie (The Wine Front)
96 points
"Good depth and hue of colour, with a sandalwood aroma and dark cherry fruit. The palate is elegantly structured and refined, with intense and focused flavour."
- Huon Hooke (The Real Review)
2022 By Farr Sangreal Pinot Noir
Sangreal is the oldest of the By Farr Pinot Noir vineyards.
The single vineyard wine from this special site the most perfumed and delicate of the By Farr releases each year. The different soil profile and North-South aspect of the plantings bring intense perfume and 'prettiness' to the fruit each year.
A finer-boned Pinot Noir than perhaps the Geelong region is famous for, this wine has been loved by collectors for many years. This year sees an excellent release of this iconic wine. It's a pure, ethereal expression of the vineyard: rosy, perfumed and delicate.
One that will reward the patient for many years to come.
2023 Timo Mayer Dr. Mayer Pinot Noir
This is the wilder version of Pinot Noir from Yarra Valley cult favourite, Timo Mayer.
The Doktor Pinot Noir is 100% whole bunch fermented, Timo using the extra stalk component to drag out additional tannin and texture. He has a particular affinity with stalkier Pinot Noir, you can hear his passion in the way he talks about it.
Wildly aromatic, powerful, densely concentrated and only made in small quantities.
If Pinot Noir with swagger is your game, you need an appointment with the Doktor.
97 points
"Aromas of dark cherries, boysenberries, star anise, black tea leaves and last night's campfire at dawn. Medium to full bodied, this is savoury and rich on the palate. You barely notice the whole bunches. A cerebral wine that will need the best part of a decade to reach its apogee. Just what the doctor ordered."
- Philip Rich (Halliday Wine Companion)
2023 Bannockburn Serre Pinot Noir
The Serre Pinot Noir vineyard is the jewel in the crown of Bannockburn.
This Burgundian-inspired close-planted site produces an astonishingly small amount of fruit. The average yield for these 13 rows is a meagre 500g per vine, similar to the level of production of the prized Grand Cru vineyards of Burgundy.
Serre is an intense and savoury wine of detail and persistence. Fermented with 20% whole bunches and left to sit on skins for over two weeks, every ounce of nuance from this stunning vineyard is masterfully distilled into the bottle by winemaker, Matt Holmes.
It's a wine of rare power and unique character built for the collector and aficionado.
95+ points
"This is autumnal and sinewy and savoury and spiced, but it’s also sleek, harmonious and settled. It just feels right. It bursts onto the palate with red cherries, rhubarb, tangerine and strawberry, with inlays of dried leaves, pepper and smoked cedarwood, but it’s the soft-firm of the finish, and the way it seems to both dry and expand at once, and the way the juices keep flowing and fanning, that really mark its quality. This will be released in August 2024. It’s a top release, and it will mature beautifully."
- Campbell Mattinson (The Wine Front)
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