MULLINE SUTHERLANDS CREEK PINOT NOIRPinot Noir, mix of 5 different clones planted in 1998 from the warmer, drier Sutherland Creek vineyard in the Moorabool subregion. Grey & Brown loams with fragmented Granite. 30% whole bunch. 8 to 10 days on skins during ferment, then pressed off to barrel. 8 months elevage in barrel, 20% new oak."My favourite block of Pinot Noir that comes into the winery and there is nothing else like it in Geelong. Interplanted clones, and hard to determine exactly

The nose is complex and perfumed

The close-planted block is the highest block of our estate vineyard

Pommard and Abel

which is predictable from the cooler season

so intense and intriguing in violet

is a maritime-influenced subregion defined by limestone-laced river gravels

leading to a structured

The Burgundian oak presents nicely in the background

chalky tannins provide freshness and structure

and the people who lived here and cared for munda

fresh and floral

tension and texture that speak clearly of vintage and place