The beautiful “off-red” colour of a Pinot Noir
Well, I gave it almost away in the title of this blog entry.
Yes, it is a Pint Noir and yes, it comes from the Yarra Valley in Victoria.
But please answer me:
Mirror mirror on the wall which is my favourite wine of them all? ,
asks the wicked queen alias “the critical consumer of fine wines”?
Well, the answer is just below; on my wine cabinet so to speak.
Can you identify the producer?
I guess now you can.
2009 Bloody Hill Mayer Vineyard Pinot Noir
And yes, you are right, this is an awesome wine from the Yarra Valley, the eastern part of which has a truly cold climate. Timo Mayer is a great wine-maker. In his boutique vineyard near Healesville he produces outstanding fruit. His philosophy of minimum interference in wine-making does the rest and out of this comes a wonderful product of a vintners craftsmanship.
The bottle has DIAM cork, the real thing
It is just a shame that we cannot get this wine here in Bangkok.
In the UK, Ireland and in Germany you can order it.
By the way, right now Timo is on a sales tour in Europe. On September 28th he was special guest at the K&U Weinhalle, a wine merchant in Nuernberg. There is a nice story about Timo written by Martin Koesler.
Our Sunday lunch table with the Peking duck
PS: We made the Peking Duck ourselves. It was a beautiful feast on a warm tropical Sunday. Timo’s Pinot Noir is an ideal wine also with Asian food. The proof is in the eating and drinking. Trust me I know what I am talking about.
Which distributor in Asia is interested? Now is the time….
The Man from Mosel River 
I’ve tried some pinos from yarra, such as yerring and domaine chandon. Is it typical of the new world wine to have fruit character (fruit driven)? Or you can find it in Aussie’s wine only? Because the new technology of making wine now affect the taste and the quality of the wine itself. Need an advice, thank you.