Mac Forbes Yarra Valley Pinot Noir 2021

Mac Forbes Yarra Valley Pinot Noir 2021

TASTING NOTE
Medium to light body with a medium to high acidity, fine grippy tannin. Tart blackberry, sour red cherry, dried rose, cranberry red plum grantive top pallet freshness, slatey, good length.

Our philosophy towards pinot is to look after the detail, keep it simple and respect the fruit. The onus is on fruit quality and balance and not on winemaking solutions or corrections.

For us winemaking is an extension of the vineyard where we aim to capture the fruit expression and carry this through to bottle. We pick when the fruit is ripe but still crunchy to taste. The Mac Forbes Yarra Valley Pinot Noir is a blend of our declassified barrels from each of our single vineyard wines.

WINEMAKING
Fruit: Hand picked
Fermentation: 5% whole bunches, fermented in concrete and open top stainless
Time on skins: Average 18 days
Maturation: 9 months in concrete and small and large format oak
Yeast: Indigenous
Fining: None
Filtration: None
Bottled: 16th December 2021