Mike Bennie 96 points!
Mike Bennie 96 points!"Huge wafts of red fruit and spicy perfume. Floral notes too, but the default is savoury-tinged, expansive scents of fruit, sweetness, spice, earth. Lovely stuff. Mouthfilling with plush but satiny texture, fine, firm, slender tannins that mesh like a web through the mouth, finishing with dusty-savoury pucker. It's a wine that feels delicious even if structured to the hilt, even open for a while needs time to relax, but there's deep pleasure in the swirl and a satisfaction in the draw on the glass. Satisfying in fruit character and elegance of pinot noir, but showing some flex. This is pretty epic."
Mike Bennie, The Wine Front, Nov 2014
The site, the fruit
These wines reflect our philosophy at Yabby Lake - to craft wines that reflect the spirit of the season and vineyard.
Our wines are not cluttered by a heavy hand in the winery, they express the subtle variations in each block's soil, aspect and clones. As we put the final blend together, if something stands out we take a small parcel and bottle it separately " under our single block label " still allowing the significant proportion to go into the single vineyard wine.
The Craft
The fruit was handpicked and gently de-stemmed into small open Fermenters. Some whole bunches. Following a 3-4 day soaking the fermentation proceeded, peaking in temperature at 32oC. The wine was pressed off skins after 10 days into tight grain 500 litre French oak barrels for malolactic fermentation and maturation. It remained in oak until February 2014 when it was bottled.
The Result
Fragrant and perfumed, with floral notes. Deep and complex palate - brooding, intense, with a long and precise finish.
Pinot Noir 100%, MV6 100%
Block 1, Sub Block 1.4
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Yabby Lake Wines
Country:
Australia
Region:
VIC- Mornington Pen
Variety:
Wine Red - Pinot noir
Size:
750mL
