2006 Mount Mary Pinot Noir 375ml Half Bottle

375ml Half Bottle

Awards, Ratings & Reviews

96/100 — James Halliday, Halliday Wine Companion · 2006 Vintage · Tasted: 1 July 2009 · Published: 20 June 2021
"Clear colour, yet to lose primary hue; a beautifully constructed pinot, lithe and silky on the mid-palate, then stretching out on the long finish, the sweet red fruits of the mid-palate reappearing on the aftertaste."

96/100 — Jeremy Oliver · 2006 Vintage · Tasted: January 2007

“Also immediately imposing on the nose, with maybe a touch more concentration than the ‘05. Great tannins and intensity. Will be a very long-lived example.”

— Patrick Walsh, Mount Mary through the Decades · 2006 Vintage

About This Wine

The 2006 Mount Mary Pinot Noir is a Yarra Valley Pinot Noir from Victoria, Australia.

Mount Mary Pinot Noir is sourced from vines originally brought from Western Victoria in 1971. The older Pinot blocks are a mix of many clones, with a visiting French ampelographer once suggesting there were around 30 or more clones in the original Pinot block.

In the winery, Mount Mary Pinot Noir is made with an emphasis on simplicity, using relatively short fermentations and barrel maturation before bottling.

About the Producer

Mount Mary Vineyards is an Australian family-owned estate in the Yarra Valley, Victoria. The Middleton family purchased the land in 1971, and the first vines were planted in 1972 on a gentle north-facing slope.

Specifications

• Vintage: 2006
• Grape Variety: Pinot Noir
• Region: Yarra Valley / Victoria / Australia
• Alcohol: 13.3%
• Sweetness: Dry
• Fermentation: 8-10 days
• Maturation: 16 months in barrel, with 25% new oak barriques
• Production Attributes: Minimal, if any, fining and filtration before bottling