Red and black cherry are the hallmark fruit qualities in the 2018 Mornington Peninsula Estate Pinot Noir.

Combine this with notes of black tea, blood orange, florals, spice, earth, dried herbs and forest floor, with a lick of tiramisu trailing from the oak and the results is a formidable and complex aroma profile.

With the warmer 2018 season, Montalto upped the ante with whole-bunch work to build in some additional aromatics and savoury qualities.

The sweet fruit is harnessed by some serious structural ripe tannin which carries the length of the palate and is supported by bright natural acidity and a long and savoury finish.