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Bress - Silver Label Yarra Valley Pinot Noir 2005

Variety Pinot Noir Bress - Silver Label Yarra Valley Pinot Noir 2005
Style Medium-Bodied
Region Yarra Valley (Victoria)
Availability Limited
Winery Bress
Previous Vintages none
Price AU $19.00
Value ***** (5 star)
Cellaring 5 Years
Smart Wine 2007-05-05

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Vintages of Silver Label Yarra Valley Pinot Noir included in Your Wine Selection

2005

Ratings, Reviews and Tasting Notes

This could be the pinot noir 'good deal of the year so far'. Available on-line from cloudwine.com.au (Melbourne-based). Screwcap-sealed.

2005

92/100 from James Halliday (Australian Wine Companion 2007); 91/100 points in the Penguin Good Australian Wine Guide 2007; recommended by Max Allen (The Australian, June 2006).

Winemaker’s notes: "A combination of whole-bunch and gently-crushed fruit; slow fermentation in open fermenters, using a range of yeast strains; hand-plunging three times a day; post-pressing, the wine was transferred to French oak barriques and hogsheads for malolactic fermentation, following which the wine was barrel to barrel racked, then, prior to bottling, transferred to tank and allowed to settle; bottled without fining and given just a light filtration". 13% alc.