Dr. Mayer Pinot Noir

Dr. Mayer Pinot Noir

Wine Description

Vineyard Image of Bloody Hill, with the name imprinted on the lawn of the vineyard
Photo of Timo and Rhonda in the Vineyard
Photo of Timo in the Vineyard
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Acclaim
“The 2023 Dr Mayer Pinot Noir is overtly bunchy on the nose, leading with blood orange and Campari, raw cocoa powder and black cherries. Timo Mayer is well known for his 100% whole-bunch style, and it is securely deployed here in this wine. There are pan-fried Madagascan peppercorns (the green ones in the little green can), grated carrot, strawberry shortcake, paprika dolce, sweet roasted bone marrow and forest floor nuances. It's incredibly complex and potentially polarizing, but it’s exciting to consider and to write about.” — Wine Advocate, Nov 2024
“This wine is 100% whole bunch fermentation, with 10 days carbonic and 10 days maceration. The simplicity of the approach lies in stark contrast to the complexity of this sumptuous, medium-bodied expression. Briars, dill and cardamon with ample red cherry fruit and lilacs. Woodsy whole bunch-derived tannins across the finish. According to winemaker Timo Mayer, this is always better after at least five years.” — James Suckling, Mar 2024
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Vineyard & Production Info
Bottles produced of this wine:
1,920
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Winemaking & Aging
Prefermentation Technique:
100% Wholebunch
Type of aging container:
Hogs Heads
Total SO2
47
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Analytical Data
pH level:
3.73
Acidity:
5.4 g/L
Alcohol:
13.5 %
Total SO2
47
Residual sugar:
0.18 g/L
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Wine Production

After hand-picking whole bunches undergo natural ferment in open vats, with minimum intervention. Wines are then aged for 11 months in French hogsheads on lees. They are only handled once, the week before bottling when they are put in a blending tank and lightly sulfur adjusted. Wines are bottled without fining or filtration.

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About the Vineyard

Grapes are sourced from the Bloody Hill vineyard, which is south of Healesville on the base of Mount Toolebewoong. The vineyard lies on a very steep 2.5Ha plot, with shallow gravel topsoil interspersed with broken sandstone over rock. The altitude is around 200 metres above sea level. Climate is cool in relation to the rest of Australia's viticultural regions, with rainfall in the winter and spring, and relatively cool, dry and humid summers. There is limited maritime influence.