Date: 16 October, 2012
What: 2010 Mac Forbes Yarra Junction Pinot Noir, Yarra Valley
Purchased: $46, cellar
door
Food: pork and fennel sausages, summer coleslaw
Comments: Acquired last year at Mac's urban cellar door, along with all his other single vineyard pinots. Beautiful, crisp colour is the first observation. Neither dark nor light but with a clarity that makes it come alive. Palate is equally crisp but also quite assertive in an elegant way. This is not a muscular wine, rather it has a very determined sort of refinement. Kind of like the quiet person in a meeting who says very little but nonetheless has everyones' attention, and they all wait for his lead. Some cherries and a cranberry tartness to go alongside a hint of spice/herbs. A bit of vanilla rounds it out. Yeah, quite like this one. I think it is a very confident expression of PN.
