Mount Mary Pinot Noir 2020
Mount Mary Pinot Noir 2020

Mount Mary Pinot Noir 2020

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Yarra Valley, Victoria, Australia

Style: Red Wine

Variety: Pinot Noir

Closure: Cork

Mount Mary Pinot Noir 2020

Camberwell

Burke Road
Camberwell VIC 3124
Australia

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Producer: Mount Mary

Country: Australia

Region: Yarra Valley

Vintage: 2020

Critic Score: 97

Alcohol: 13.3%

Size: 750 ml

Drink by: 2035


A strikingly fresh palate, which expands on the finish with the proverbial peacock's tail on display - James Halliday

Description

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. 

"Mount Mary Pinot noir has never been particularly dark in colour, nor is it something we strive to excessively extract during fermentation. It is a component of the vintage conditions and we believe should not be adversely manipulated beyond that. Despite the cool vintage, there is an appealing crimson red, ruby hue to this wine. The nose is so vividly 'Mount Mary Pinot' with dominant aromas of stewed strawberry, plum and quince paste with some slightly sweeter, spicy notes attributed to the new oak portion. The cool conditions of the 2020 vintage have delivered such fruit purity, both on the nose and on the palate. The palate carries on with aromatic primary fruit descriptors as we are made to wait patiently for some secondary complexity to build in bottle over time. There are ultra-fine tannins running through the core of this wine, contributing savoury characters and length and longevity to the wine."  Mount Mary

Mount Mary - Halliday Wine Companion Winery of the Year 2018

Mount Mary - Halliday Wine Companion Winery of the Year 2018
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Victoria

Victoria is home to more than 800 wineries across 21 wine regions. The regions are Alpine Valley, Beechworth, Bendigo, Geelong, Gippsland, Glenrowan, Goulburn Valley, Grampians, Heathcote, Henty, King Valley, Macedon Ranges, Mornington Peninsula, Murray Darling, Pyrenees, Rutherglen, Strathbogie Ranges, Sunbury, Swan Hill, Upper Goulburn and Yarra Valley.

Victoria's first vines were planted at Yering in the Yarra Valley in 1838. By 1868 over 3,000 acres had been planted in Victoria, establishing Victoria as the premier wine State of the day. Today, the original vineyards planted at Best's Wines are among the oldest and rarest pre-phylloxera plantings in the world.

Victoria's climate varies from hot and dry in the north to cool in the south and each wine region specialises in different varietals. For example, Rutherglen in the north is famous for its opulent Muscats and Topaque and bold reds, while the many cooler climate regions near Melbourne produce world class Chardonnay and pinot Noir. Victoria is truly a wine lover's playground.