2021 DCB Yarra Valley Pinot Noir

Chris Bendle is the man behind this exciting project, producing some of the best value wines in the Yarra. This Pinot Noir offers insane value for money.

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If you want to know how to make cracking Pinot Noir and Chardonnay for a great price, the one guy you probably want to learn from is Hoddles Creek Estate's Franco D'Anna. So that's just what Chris Bendle did.

He's been making wine at Hoddles since 2010 and something is definitely rubbing off on him. There are strands of DNA that the two brands share; namely freshness, approachability and excellent value.

The Pinot Noir has drinkability in spades. This is a guilt-free, quality Pinot that you can rip the top off any night of the week.

A blend of two vineyards in Kangaroo Ground and Woori Yallock, this wine is from the Northernmost and Southernmost points of the Yarra Valley. With a similar ripening period, but distinctly different soils, MV6 pinot noir from both vineyards was picked within a period of 1 week and treated in a near identical manner whilst being kept entirely separate. Destemmed after chilling, innoculated after 48 hours in tank, pressed to mixture of oak (10% new/90% seasoned) to complete MLF after approx 16 days on skins. No further additions were made until SO2 was added at the start of June. The wine was racked to tank, racked again and bottled.

91 Points - "More flair than your average bear. Wild flings of spice, woodsmoke, cranberry, beet and macerated cherry, with rose petals and sweet cedar for afters. It seems fresh, free and structured at once, somehow. It also seems textural, which too is interesting given the raciness of its acidity. Pleasure and interest are the take-homes." - Campbell Mattinson (The Wine Front)

92 Points - "A blend of fruit from Woori Yallock in the upper Yarra and Kangaroo Ground. Destemmed but keeping as many whole berries as possible. Matured in a combination of barriques and puncheons (15% new). A light bright crimson. With its aromas of cherries and brown spice, this bright, light-to medium-bodied and savoury wine flows nicely across the palate. Fine, powdery tannins round out wine that will provide both value and enjoyment in the short–medium term." - Philip Rich (Halliday Wine Companion)

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