Mayer - Close Planted Pinot Noir 2022 (750ml) Malvasia Nera

Mayer - Close Planted Pinot Noir 2022 (750ml) Malvasia NeraAs the name suggests, this wine comes from a densely planted portion of Timos Bloody Hill vineyard, where vines are positioned only 75 cm apart from each other. Timo likes to use a proportion of whole bunch to give his wines a particular stalky savouriness, which is very much a trademark of his Pinots. For this cuvee he does an 100% whole bunch ferment with a portion of the grapes, and blends that back with the destemmed component. The ratio of each

64 and is one not easy to put down

From the lowest parcels

WS95Wine SpectatorThis is on another level from most in the appellation

infused with a touch of forward fruit and the intensity of a younger wine

it promises to be longer lived than most 2018s

Drink now-2039

sold the wine and ended up buying the château in 1958

In the mouth it’s full-bodied

40% Cinsault

primarily of the local Alvarinho variety

from 45 000 to 90 000 bottles per year

It was during the year 2002