Riorret Emu 2010

Region: Yarra Valley

Village: Northern Dixons Creek

Location: Melba Highway

Vineyard: South Facing, Clone MV6, Planted 1993

Grower: Riorret

The Vineyard
Very steep southerly slope tucked into the north eastern corner of Dixons Creek. Well protected from the northerly winds. Highly mineral Humevale siltstone. It doesn’t get much better than this. 

The Wine 
Emu site produces distinctive spicy ethereal Pinot with obvious but gentle tannin. Perfumed, red fruits, briar, cedar, serious and irreverent.  

Cellaring
Sexy for  current drinking, textural and serious for a cool cellar, 4-6 years.

Analysis
13.0 Alc/Vol, pH 3.65, 5.9g/L

95 Points
"Riorret is De Bortoli's expression of it's diverse vineyards, expressed here in structured rustic tannins and meaty, savoury complexity, upholding all the cherries, spice and rose petals that we love in De Bortoli Pinot."

Tyson Stelzer, Wine 100, April 2012

95 Points
"After a morning at De Bortoli last week I'm stoked about what new releases next year will bring, and even the challenging 2011 vintage is full of surprises. The 2010s are on form, and Emu epitomises the diverse expression of De Bortoli's vineyard sites. Not far from the De Bortoli estate, the soils here make for a more rustic tannin expression, structured, meaty and savoury, yet with all cherries, spice and rose petals that we love in De Bortoli pinot."

Tyson Stelzer, Wine Taste Weekly, December 2011

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