Quealy Musk Creek Pinot Noir 2022

Quealy Musk Creek Pinot Noir is a dry-grown Mornington Peninsula Pinot Noir from one of the coolest corners of the region.

Four hectares at 150 metres, planted in 1997 and split more or less evenly between Pinot Noir and Pinot Gris, with a further hectare given over to Muscat Rouge à Petits Grains and Chardonnay. The red volcanic clay here is deep and the vines are mature, but the altitude and the exposure at Main Ridge make ripening a genuinely marginal proposition. In 2022, a small and intense crop left the berries badly outnumbered by stalks, so Tom McCarthy dropped whole bunches altogether and destemmed everything. Wild ferment in two-tonne vats, minimal plunging, a light press, then fourteen months on full lees in French hogsheads, one quarter new. Bottled unfined and unfiltered.

Bright and detailed, with dark cherry, forest floor and a fine dusting of spice, the tannins silky and the finish long. Fifteen degrees suits it. Duck breast, a mushroom tart or roast pork belly with fennel are the sort of dishes it likes.

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