2017 Wombat Creek Vineyard Yarra Valley Pinot Noir

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SKU: HP17VI-YWPTNOIR6

WINE STYLE

Elegant & Refined
FOOD PAIRING

Mushroom Risotto, Beef Sukiyaki, Dusk Dishes
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HIGHLIGHTS

James Halliday Wine Companion 2020

WHY WE LOVE THIS WINE

Vintage 2017…dreams are made of this.

95 POINTS - 2020 JAMES HALLIDAY WINE COMPANION

100% MV6 clone, attesting to the age of the vineyard when MV6 was clearly the best available, and has retained that status in most regions. Don't be deceived by the apparent lack of depth to the colour; this wine has all the drive of the '17 vintage, and more elegance than most.

James Halliday - Published 01 August 2019

97 POINTS - HUON HOOKE

"Smokey and sweet-cherry scented… succulent palate. The tannins are light and fine-grained… smooth as silk texture. Superb wine. A gorgeous drink right now, and promises to remain so for several years”

Huon Hooke - The Real Review

A NOTE FROM THE WINEMAKERS

“This Pinot Noir wine from this premium high-elevation vineyard shows beautiful purity of fruit with velvety tannin and great depth of flavour from established vines.”

SERVING TEMPERATURE | 16 - 18°

CELLAR POTENTIAL | Up to 10 - 15 years

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TASTING NOTES

Planted on dramatic slopes at high elevation in the Upper Yarra Valley, Wombat Creek Vineyard has cool, extended seasons and high sunshine hours – perfect for Pinot Noir wines with a beguiling mix of power and purity.

SEASON

Vintage 2017…dreams are made of this. Not too hot, not too cold, neither too windy nor too humid, too wet or dry. Just enough, and not too much, of everything so that the true personality of the site can take centre stage. The moderate season allowed the vines to ripen slowly, building great depth of flavour while retaining fine balance in sugar and acid. Harvest began in mid-March, a little later than the long-term average and a full month behind the record-early vintage of 2016.

WINEMAKING

This is a single clone wine of MV6 Pinot Noir. The fruit was handpicked in mid-March and chilled overnight before processing. The bunches were destemmed and the fruit was cold soaked for five days before fermentation in open fermenters with hand plunging twice daily. The wine was matured for 10 months in Taransaud, Dargaud & Jaegle and Mercurey French oak barriques, 40% new.

THE VINEYARD

Wombat Creek Vineyard

Wombat Creek is the most elevated vineyard in the Yarra Valley (at 550m), making it uniquely situated for growing premium cool climate Chardonnay and Pinot Noir.

The vineyard is made up of 6-hectares of Chardonnay and 10-hectares of Pinot Noir and soils of free-draining volcanic loams.

The surrounding fern gullies and forest are home to lyrebirds, koalas, kangaroos and, of course wombats.

THE TIER

Single Vineyard

SPECIAL OCCASIONS • GIFTING

These rare single vineyard wines are only released in the finest vintages as the best of the best from our carefully managed vineyards.

The labels each feature a collection of objects from the vineyard the wine was grown.

THE STORY BEHIND THE LABEL

The Artwork

Lyrebird Feather, Mountain Ash, Red Earth

The most elevated vineyard in the region, Wombat Creek grows fine Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. The surrounding fern gullies and forest are home to lyrebirds, koalas, kangaroos and, of course wombats.

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