We aim to have all wines be vintage specific. In the case the listed vintage is out of stock and you note you would like that particular vintage, we will inform you via email for approval to go ahead.
About This Wine
Rhone whites are usually seen as very heady rich styles. We choose to pick these varieties relatively early to avoid that excessive viscosity.
We've adopted a similar approach with the RP1 to the way we make our other white wines at Mount Mary, with barrel fermenting, lees stirring and relatively hard pressing. This results in a wine with great texture and depth of flavour, but set in a leaner, lighter framework.
Clairette made it's debut in the 2016 release which contributes to an improved, more complex blend.
Type | White Wine |
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Varietal(s) | Clairette Roussanne Marsanne |
Country | Australia |
Region | Yarra Valley |
Brand | Mount Mary Marli Russell |
Vintage | 2021 |
Yarra Valley Wine
The Yarra Valley wine region is the most important area of wine production in Victoria today, and with its proximity to Melbourne, also the most visited in the state.
Yarra Valley is split into the Upper Yarra and the valley floor. The Upper Yarra is cooler in climate due to its elevation and coupled with younger, fertile, red soils produces most of the region’s notable varietals: Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. The valley floor is warmer and has predominantly grey soils with pockets of granite and limestone.
Pinot noir has long been considered a notoriously difficult variety to grow. However, the cool climate and longer growing seasons of the Yarra Valley allow the fruit to develop full flavoured and ripe character.
Chardonnay in the past has long been associated with a deep oily, buttery style that experiences full malolactic fermentation and great amounts of oak. This style has since fallen out of favour and wine makers in the Yarra Valley have capitalized on this trend to produce leaner, acid driven Chardonnays that are closer in style to those from Burgundy.