2015 Montalto Single Vineyard Red Hill Block Pinot Noir, Mornington Peninsula

75% MV6, 25% 777, destemmed into open fermenters, 7 days cold soak, 6 days post-ferment maceration, matured in French barriques (25% new) for 11 months. Simon Black clearly uses left field techniques when he thinks they will result in better wine, but there are wines such as this which call for a mainstream approach. Here the plum family provides the engine that drives the bouquet and palate alike. It results in a cool, calm and collected pinot that simply says drink me.