2025 Mayer Bloody Hill Villages Pinot Noir

This Pinot comes off the young vines on the Mayer family’s home block - the actual Bloody Hill. “You walk up and down it and you’ll know why I call it Bloody Hill,” Timo likes to say. It’s a slope that’ll test your legs, but it gives fruit with incredible lift and energy.

Rivar Ferguson-Mayer is steering this one his own way. He’s pulled back on the whole bunches, chasing brightness and immediate drinking appeal instead of the wild, savoury edge his dad is known for. The fruit was mostly destemmed, wild fermented and aged in old oak for six months.

You're left with a deliciously light, juicy Pinot packed with red cherry, cranberry and gentle spice. It’s fresh, effortless and made for drinking, not cellaring, not showing off, just pure, unadulterated Pinot from a proper bit of Yarra dirt.