Mount Mary Quintet 2006 Yarra Valley Victoria 750ml/Btl 6/case

Description

Lisa Perrotti-Brown: Comprised of 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 24%
Merlot, 17% Cabernet Franc and small proportions of Malbec and Petit
Verdot, the 2006 Quintet spent 22 months in barrel, 30% of which was
large format and just 30% new oak. Winemaker Rob Hall explained that
John Middleton liked this wine to come in at around 12.5% alcohol if
at all possible and of course it can be a challenge to get phenolics
ripe at this level of lightness. But if anyone can do it in this
area, Mount Mary can – this vintage came in at a modest 12.9%. Deep
garnet in color, this wine has restrained aromas of cassis, dried
Mediterranean herbs, graphite and loam plus pinches of cardamom and
cloves. Light to medium-bodied with high acid and medium-firm finely
grained tannins, this wine finishes very long. It’s still a little
tight knit and needs 2-3 years to open, thereafter evolving through
the next 8-10 years and keeping to 2024+. If this caliber of grapes
were produced in Bordeaux they would have chaptilised and put a lot
more oak on it, blurring this wonderful expression of the
land…shame about the filtration though, particularly on such a
delicate wine!

Wine Specs

• Vintage: 2006
• Producer: Mount Mary Quintet
• Volume: 750ml
• Case Size: 6/case

Supplier: WineCave (Dropship)