Mount Mary Pinot Noir 2020

Mount Mary is one of the iconic wineries of Australia and one of the jewels of the Yarra Valley. Their Pinot Noir is Yarra pinot at its finest, possessed of rare finesse and purity. The wine is typically medium bodied, with fragrant cherry and strawberry aromas and a vibrant, succulent palate of prodigious length. Production is minuscule.

"The aromas beautifully cherry/spice/raspberry like with a lacing of vanilla. The wine is deliciously flavoured and structured, refined and subtle, aromatic and filigreed, with precision and harmony. A delectable pinot of weight and power." Huon Hooke

The Pinot Noir vines were sourced from Western Victoria in 1971. The older Pinot blocks are a mix of many clones - there are 30+ clones in the original Pinot block. Subsequent plantings of Pinot have been selections from the original block, and the clonal selection has been somewhat refined. There are also some newer blocks planted (as of 2008) to American rootstocks that are of specific clonal material, namely MV6 and 777. In the winery the emphasis is on simplicity. By today's standards, relatively short fermentations are employed, typically 8-10 days. This is followed by 16 months of barrel maturation consisting of 25% new oak barriques.