Mount Mary Pinot Noir 2003

Mount Mary Pinot Noir 2003Mount 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. "A sweet, spicy perfume of liqueur cherry chocolates, rose petals and briar reveals complex undertones of caramel,

thereby increasing fruitfulness and promoting earlier ripening and a greater increase in colour and flavour of the fruit and improved tannin maturity

He studied under some of the Bordeaux greats

My passion for wine was kindled that day and the first wine I purchased was the trophy winning 1975 Baileys Bin RLS Hermitage

"With an amazing nose and superbly controlled fruit

mulching came from South Africa

"realise that sometimes in France we can be fixated with regulations and the idea of 'vin de terroir'

has pushed new boundaries

Enormous length and intriguing aftertaste

but it is tight and closed

The palate is defined by incredible purity of fruit

That’s the beauty of that wine

but 2018 was his first complete vintage