Timo Mayer has retired from being joint winemaker at Gembrook Hill and is now focussing solely on his own vineyard at “Bloody Hill”, his family’s property on the slopes of Mt Toolebewong near Healesville.
I brought this wine up in the second half of 2016 but I’m only now getting around to promoting it. I guess the advantage of that is that it sits in my cellars in Singapore getting some nice age on it rather than cluttering up space in your wine fridge. It’s now smack bang in the middle of its drinking window.
Other Mayer Chardonnay’s to try: (both in Melbourne)
2014 S$71 – Gary Walsh (The Wine Front) 95
2017 S$73 – not yet rated
Cheers!
David Boxall
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NEW ARRIVALS IN MELBOURNE
CRAIGLEE, Sunbury:
2014 Shiraz – 10 bottles – S$70 – Gary Walsh (TWF) 95
KATE HILL, Tasmania:
2014 Pinot Noir – 9 bottles – S$55 – Halliday 94
POONAWATTA, Eden Valley:
2018 “The Eden” Riesling – 11 bottles – S$47 – not yet rated
ROB HALL, Yarra Valley:
2017 Cabernets – 9 bottles – S$46 – Halliday 96
2017 Pinot Noir – 10 bottles – S$47 – Halliday 95
2017 “Harriet’s Vineyard” Pinot Noir – 9 bottles – S$57 – Halliday 96
