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- 2021 Mount Mary Triolet
- 2021 Mount Mary Chardonnay
- 2021 Mount Mary Pinot Noir
- 2021 Mount Mary Quintet
The outstanding 2021 quartet of Mount Mary estate releases.
One of the greatest Yarra Valley estates continues its exceptional run of benchmark releases with the 2021 wines from Mount Mary.
These wines represent some of Sam Middleton's finest work to date as winemaker of his family estate.
The 2021s are strictly limited. Secure your Mount Mary Masterclass Pack and our handful of bottles of Quintet while stocks last at the link below.
2021 Mount Mary Triolet
The Mount Mary Triolet is a wine inspired by the great white blends of Bordeaux.
The vineyard is planted to 75% Sauvignon Blanc, 20% Semillon and 5% Muscadelle. Each variety is picked at perfect ripeness, then vinified in essentially the same way as their Chardonnay with 100% barrel ferment (in mostly older oak), some solids from firm pressing and lees stirring employed over the 11 months it rests in barrel before bottling.
It is a tightly wound, beautifully balanced example of this cult favourite wine, showing the restraint and finesse that is typical of the best Triolets. The ideal season in the Yarra allowing plenty of flavour development and pristine acidity through the wine.
This is a top example of why this is considered one of the country's finest examples of the Bordeaux Blanc style.
98 points
"A stunning Triolet... In a league of its own."
- Philip Rich (Halliday Wine Companion)
98 points
"Drinking this is an emotional experience, pushing the exhilaration meter up a notch. Best after 2027."
- Ned Goodwin MW (JamesSuckling.com)
2021 Mount Mary Chardonnay
The famed old vines on the Mount Mary estate yield some of the finest Chardonnay in the district.
Sensitive winemaking from Sam Middleton and respect for the fruit is at the core of this wine. Sam looks to support the Chardonnay with high quality oak, a relatively hard pressing to extract more in the way of texture and some lees stirring. Malo is avoided to retain acid purity. Finesse is the name of the game here.
Sam Middleton pulls together an exceptional Yarra Chardonnay. It's wines like this that really showcase just how marvellous Aussie wines can be - he's truly nailed it.
97 points
"This is a wine of detail and precision, and this is never more true than in this lovely, balanced season. What a lovely wine. It has palate-staining fruit. The wine gets better as it sits in the glass."
- Erin Larkin (The Wine Advocate)
2021 Mount Mary Pinot Noir
The fastest wine to sell out each year from Mount Mary is the Pinot Noir. It's a wine that excels regardless of the vagaries of the vintage.
As Sam Middleton explains, "We often find our Pinots made in the warmer vintages surprise us the most when tasted in vertical lineups. We believe this speaks to the uniqueness of our site, in particular the cold nights we experience during the growing season here at Mount Mary."
It's a wine that blossoms with time in the cellar. Each vintage shows structure, power and grace.
97 points
"A brilliant, non-mainstream Yarra Valley pinot that’s been built to go the distance."
- Philip Rich (Halliday Wine Companion)
2021 Mount Mary Quintet
The iconic Mount Mary Quintet is one of the jewels of the Yarra Valley.
A blend of the five Bordeaux varieties, planted side-by-side on one of the Yarra's most revered sites. This personifies the medium-bodied, regal style of Cabernet blends from this region.
The perfectly ripe fruit for this wine was masterfully guided to bottle by young family winemaker, Sam Middleton.
A thing of real beauty. A thing of class. A wine for the cellar to be marvelled at for decades to come.
98 Points
"As I was tasting it, Radiohead's opening track from Kid A came to mind. Everything in Its Right Place, indeed."
- Philip Rich (Halliday Wine Companion)
97+ Points
"It’s a magnificent wine, and one for the ages."
- Gary Walsh (The Wine Front)
98 points
"The wine's signature, a kit of gorgeous, sinuous tannins that reflect the later picking windows of more recent years. This could easily be nudged up a point. Best after 2028."
- Ned Goodwin MW (JamesSuckling.com)
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