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May 4, 2013 · 4:04 pm

Jamsheed – 3/05/2013

2013 Mansfield Riesling
Nice bright crisp bright.

2013 Great Western Riesling
More subdued and less brightness of aromatics. Full focused broad and textured.

2013 Beechworth Roussanne 1
Buttercup sunflower texture brightness.

2013 Beechworth Roussanne 2
Rich bold bursting with fruit.

2012 Beechworth Roussanne 3
Exceptional purity.

2013 Cabernet Franc Carbonic Maceration whole berry vs. whole bunch
Whole berry prettier. Whole bunch more interesting.

2013 Beechworth Shiraz de-stemmed on skins
Bright intense passion fruit skin sharpness. Lovely food wine.

2013 Beechworth Shiraz 80% whole
Denser and more concentrated. Deeper fuller and power. Retaining elegance but needing to settle down.

Yarra Syrah 2012
Raw wild pepper,

Great Western Syrah 2012
Super ballsy intense.

Jamsheed Syrah

Jamsheed Syrah

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May 4, 2013 · 3:50 pm

Luke Lambert – 3/05/2013

Chardonnay 2011
Nice rich golden colour. Mineralic texture flinty fresh. Great citrus elements, well maintained oak.

2012 Chardonnay
More lifted aromatics, more stone fruit freshness. Nice crunchy acidity and textural savouriness.

Syrah 2011
Wild raw pepper spicy. Bright fresh savoury dark fruits. Lively and lithe.

2012 Nebbiolo
Bright pretty floral red fruit aromatics. Brightness concentration but very tight and linear, textural and dense.

Luke Lambert Syrah

Luke Lambert Syrah

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May 4, 2013 · 2:17 pm

Mac Forbes – 3/05/2013

2013 Strathbogie Riesling outlying rows
Really rich and ripe, bright but still crisp acids. Lovely depth of fruit.

2013 Riesling (better fruit)
More complex nose, bolder but tighter, more subdued and long.

2013 Entry Level Pinot
Bright varietal dark fruits, classic Yarra Valley. Tight bright and straight. Good depth and length for the quality.

2013 Chardonnay Hoddles Creek
Tight flinty finesse.

2013 Chardonnay Seville
Deep and haunting, hustle and flow.

2013 Lusatia Park Chard
Full bold restrained nose, denser ripeness.

2013 Woori Yallock Chardonnay
Bright citrus nose, wonderful minerality and elegance, great structure and length.

2013 Field Blend (Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Chenin Blanc, Sauvignon Blanc)
Bright and wild, energetic and fresh but structured and savoury.

2013 Pinot Noir Coldstream
Classic Yarra Valley pinot noir notes. Ripe fruit sweet core, bright light straight. Awesome black cherry concentrated.

2013 Pinot Noir Woori Yallock
Ethereal there but not there, floats and ebbs on the palate, depth and concentration yet elegance and finesse.

2013 Pinot Noir Woori Yallock Middle of Row
A little wilder and more savoury, more whole bunch stalk.

2013 Pinot Noir Woori Yallock Middle oak ferment 4 weeks skins
Much bolder denser texture and dry tannins.

2013 Wesburn Pinot Noir
Darker fruit, more intense but still very light tannins, intensity brute.

2013 Yarra Junction Pinot Noir
Bright fresh vibrant balanced.

2013 Yarra Junction Pinot
Wonderfully bright fresh fruits. Intense but light structure.

2013 Syrah
Intense wild savoury full dark fruit with oodles of freshness.

2012 Hugh Cabernet merlot
Perfect placement.

Woori Yallock Pinot Noir 2010
Bright tight and fresh yet dark intense and savoury. Fresh full of fruit and life, yummy savoury spicy mealy edge, contained and linear yet explosive.

Woori Yallock Pinot Noir 2011
VERY light in colour, almost Bandol rosé/Beaujolais nouveau. Very shy retiring savoury nose. Tight light and a little sharp, delicate structure and subtle elegance, quite early in fact.

Woori Yallock Pinot Noir 2012
Quite closed for now and yet to express. Softer and more delicate with plenty of dark fruit notes. All the elements there.

Mac Forbes Woori Yallock Pinot Noir

Mac Forbes Woori Yallock Pinot Noir

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August 22, 2011 · 11:26 am

Is this the most exciting winemaker in Australia?

I think it is only fitting that my first official wine post be about a producer in my spiritual wine home – the Yarra Valley – as I started my wine career working in the cellar door at Chandon before moving into the marketing department. Having worked in the region for over three years and driven over most of it, this was pretty interesting… On the 15th of this month I was lucky enough to be invited to a day exploring the Mac Forbes stomping ground, including a harrowing micro-flight over the region to see each of the many vineyards he sources from. It’s been awhile since I suffered motion sickness – as a child I couldn’t be in a car for more than 4 hours without throwing up – but this flight certainly brought something back up (pun intended, though not literally thank god!) Whilst it was extremely interesting to see the extent and diversity of this misunderstood region from such a height, I struggled with the turbulence and was pretty quiet for the second half of the flight, glad to be back on solid ground once we landed. The helicopter  flight above the McLaren Vale a few months ago was slightly more relaxing.

Quite a view from high above the valley

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