2018 Moorooduc The McIntyre Pinot Noir
Mornington Peninsula, VIC
Simply superb Mornington Peninsula Pinot. "A mighty pinot of grand cru proportions." - Huon Hooke
$75.00
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About The Wine
This wine comes from the McIntyre home vineyard in Mornington Peninsula.
Yearv on year, the fruit from this dry-grown block produces brilliant wines of intensity and structure. Vines planted as early as 1983 thriving in the warm, dry conditions on the Peninsula during the 2018 grow season, with excellent results.
The McIntyre Vineyard Pinot Noir is a wine for quiet contemplation. It will cellar well just as it impresses on release. With a huge 97 points from Huon Hooke, this is a wonderful wine from a top-flight producer.
About Moorooduc
Richard and Jill McIntyre’s Moorooduc Estate is one of the gems of the Mornington Peninsula.
Inspired by the great wines of Burgundy, they have developed their own reputation for producing extremely classy wines across the board.
These are powerful and yet intricate wines that showcase their impeccable vineyard sources in a great light.
From The Producer
Medium garnet in colour with red and black cherry fruit on the nose, tightly wound around subtle yet complex aromas including licorice root, cocoa, sage and rosemary and exotic cedar spice.
Opening up slowly on the palate to reveal black cherry fruit, kirsch, and more of the complex aromas that are revealing on the nose.
This single vineyard wine from our home vineyard in Derril Road is further evidence of what our fine vineyard site and mature vines can produce in a really good year. It includes some wine from interesting clones grafted onto our old Cabernet vines (planted in 1983).
Blend : Pinot Noir (100%)
Closure : Screw cap
Drink Until : 2030
Bottle Size : 750ml
Critic Reviews
"Medium to full red colour with a tinge of purple, and a bouquet that refelcts savoury oak-matured nuances, the latter even more evident on the palate. Intense, piercing and very long, with abundant tannins and upright structure. An impressive pinot with great power and potential. The tannins are strong and firm, bordering on extreme, but it's a young wine with terrific ageing potential and those tannins will enable it to handle hearty foods. They are in harmony with the very concentrated flavour. A mighty pinot of grand cru proportions." - Huon Hooke (The Real Review)
"A pinot of compelling flavour intensity and refined, granular tannins. These are as much a product of site, judicious extraction and well appropriated oak regime (15 months; 20% new French). Ferrous. Black cherry, satsuma plum and Asian spice. Forceful. Long and plush, without being fat or sweet. The tannins - grape and oak - operate as ample reins to the wine's exuberance." - Ned Goodwin (Halliday Wine Companion)
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