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Mac Forbes EB74 'After Midnight' Yarra Valley Gamay 2021
Red Wine from Australia - Victoria
Light, lifted and delicate Australian gamay from the cool climate Yarra Valley. This has lavender, violets and cherry on the nose and the palate is delicate and incredibly refreshing, with a hint of liquorice. A refreshing and pretty wine which would indeed be the ideal choice after midnight, or any time for that matter!
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Code: AU24841
Wine characteristics
- Red Wine
- Light to medium-bodied
- Gamay
- 75cl
- Now to 2025
- 11% Alcohol
- oak used but not v. noticeable
- Cork, diam
Mac Forbes
Mac Forbes is one of Australia’s best young winemakers, and has been a dynamic leader of a new wave of winemaking in the country.
His illustrious wine career began at the tender age of 18 when, whilst backpacking, he ended up working on vineyards in the southern French town of Gaillac. He then made his name as a winemaker at Mount Mary in Victoria’s Yarra Valley, before going to work back in Europe as a consultant in Austria and Portugal, including a stint with the legendary Dirk Niepoort. His consulting experience has given him an uncanny knack of discovering some of the most exciting vineyard parcels, which is why he is also responsible for the Society's exclusive and ever-evolving Blind Spot range of wines.
In 2004 he decided to return to his native Yarra Valley and start making groundbreaking wines of his own, bringing back with him several old world traditions and a more European outlook that is very much evident in his wines. He specialises in the Burgundian pinot noir and chardonnay varieties, and is a pioneer of growing these in a more restrained, elegant style. His pinot noir comes from the cooler sites he owns, and is picked when ripe but still crunchy to taste. Unlike the deep, rich pinot noir of more established names, some of his are so pale they almost appear to be a rosé, but they have an incredible, ethereal quality that makes them stand out as serious fine wines.
His old world influence is also hugely apparent in his passionate belief in sub-regional...