Pinot Noir

Yarra Valley Victoria. Martingale Estate is located in the heart of the Yarra Valley in the sub region of Gruyere, focusing predominantly on Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Syrah from their 40 acre property of which 20 acres is under vine. While still supplying some of the Yarra’s finest labels with high quality fruit they have now decided to make a small amount of wine under their own label...

Central Otago, New Zealand. Deep crimson. A complex dark and brooding nose of black fruits, dark chocolate and smoke with lovely violet and dried herb aromas.

Yarra Valley, Victoria. The hand picked grapes were fermented on skins in an open fermenter. During this  time the skins are hand plunged daily to extract the flavours and tannins. The resulting wine then undergoes twelve months maturation in French oak barrels...

Yarra Valley, Victoria. This wine is a rich, ruby red colour. It has a nose of spicy, smoky oak and dark cherries. It has a rich, fruit driven palate. Velvety soft with silky fine tannins and excellent...

Yarra Valley, Victoria.  Bright ruby red in appearance with a lovely crimson hue. Red cherry, five spice and floral notes dominate the aromas. The palate has a lovely core of red fruit flavours with an energetic mouthfeel and slinky, fine tannins. The finish is fruit-driven and clean...

 

WINERY RATING
James Halliday,	Australian Wine Companion 2009

Gisborne, New Zealand. A bright fruited, expressive nose with notes of dark cherry, juniper berry and fine burnished leather, yet with a subtle hint of roses. Savoury touches add complexity to the svelte palate and the taste is firm and alert with a lively mineral edge to balance. To soften the mouth-feel this wine has been fined with our own free-range egg whites, the yokes going to the kitchen for other culinary use...

Mornington Peninsula, Victoria.  Bright garnet in colour with a nose redolent of juicy ripe red cherries, violets, earthy complexity and just a hint of licorice and spicy notes of clove and star anise. On the palate, more cherry fruit, with some savoury undertones and firm, velvety tannins. Juicy fruit balances perfectly with crunchy acid, firm tannins and a long, mouthwatering aftertaste...