Yal Yal Rd Mornington Pinot Noir 2013 CONFIRM 2013 VINTAGE

Yal Yal Rd Mornington Pinot Noir 2013 - Buy
Pinot Noir Mornington Victoria
Yal Yal slopes gently down a hill and abuts twenty acres of indigenous bushland, largely impenetrable and full of native fauna. It is a spectacular location for viticulture, absolutely ideal for the engagingly bucolic Pinot Noir. All the vines at Yal Yal are treated with love, trimmed, pruned and kept healthy by hand. The aim is to keep yields small for optimal quality of fruit, to realize small amounts of the finest Pinot Noir. Yal Yal represents an edifying experience of countryside and grace, as it unravels layers of elegantly spiced cherry and blood plum flavours.

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Working closely with renowned Mornington artisan Sandro Mosele, Liz and Simon Gillies launched the Yal Yal Road label in 2010. The vineyard is alive with the sounds of kookaburras and wallabies hopping between the vines at dusk. Parcels of Pinot Noir are selectively hand picked, grapes are destemmed but not crushed into fermenters for a week of cold soak maceration. A wild indigenous yeast vinification is treated to a course of gentle plunges twice daily for optimal extraction of colour, flavour and fine tannin. Batches are fermented to dryness and pressed, settled and racked to a selection of seasoned and new French oak barriques for natural malolactic and a year's maturation before assemblage.
Deep ruby colour. The nose leaps out of the glass, immediately declaring itself as uplands Mornington Pinot Noir, so fully aromatic with raspberry and red currant notes, perfumes of quince and crushed meadow herb. The palate shows plenty of life, sassafras jube, black currant and morello flavours over a length of elegant, graphite tannins. A great match to rare duck breast, fine pate or succulent leg of lamb.
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Yal Yal Estate is a picturesque, boutique estate vineyard, planted to some spectacular terroirs on Mornington Peninsula

Yal Yal vineyard is tucked away into the valley amongst the rolling hills of Merricks. Only a five minute drive to the beach, the property gently slopes down the hill and abuts twenty acres of untrammeled bush, which is largely impenetrable and full of native animals and bird life. The vineyard resounds with the sounds of kookaburra's calling and koala's seeking their mates. An old wallaby can often be found at dusk hopping between the vines. Working closely alongside renowned winemaker Sandro Mosele, Liz and Simon Gillies launched the Yal Yal Road label in 2010.

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A year in the vineyard is an exciting and romantic journey, sometimes demanding, but always a rich and rewarding experience. Working amongst the vines through the seasons is an experience to be savored. Whether it be pruning through the cold winter months, waiting for bud burst in spring, watching verasion unfold as birds are chased out from the nets over summer, or best of all, tipping harvest buckets full of delicious fruit into the back of the tractor in early autumn, it is a journey that the people of Yal Yal want to share with you.

Nestled between Westernport and Port Phillip Bays, fronting the grandeur of tempestuous Bass Strait, Mornington's unique cool maritime climes create the perfect place to grow grapes and make good wine. The hills and beachscapes around Yal Yal are populated with the most wonderful vineyards.

Originally planted in 1997, the Yal Yal property has been trained since establishment to focus on low yielding, single vineyard Chardonnay and Pinot Noir wines which can reflect the unique character of Yal Yal's terroir. Prior to the inaugural 2009 vintage, the Yal Yal harvests were sold to distinguished Mornington wineries. In 2009, the pick of the Yal Yal crop was set aside for the first Yal Yal Rd Chardonnay.

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Released to resounding critical acclaim, Yal Yal Rd's first edition of Chardonnay sold out in six months. Crafted by the eminent Mornington specialist Sandro Mosele, Yal Yal's crop of Pinot Noir received a breathtaking 94 points from gentleman James Halliday, it sold out within three months.

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