Mulline Vintners is a collaboration between 2 Bens. Collectively, Ben Mullen + Ben Hine are Mulline Vintners.

MV6 and Abel clone pinot noir planted in 1998 at Sutherlands Creek in the Moorabool Valley. The ropes here are long and firm but they’re wrapped around a mountain of assorted flavours and feels. This pinot noir is quite something. It’s both tight and expressive at once, with undergrowth, loganberry, black cherry and earth flavours coming infused with dried herbs and nuts. Mulline is a star, and here’s the proof. Date: May 2023; Alcohol: 12.5%; Price: $60; Closure: Screwcap; Drink: 2025-2031+; Rated: 95+ Points; Campbell Mattinson; The Wine Front

A single-vineyard wine from the Strathmore vineyard, planted with MV6 and Abel clones in the late 1990s. Matured in 30% new puncheons and barriques. A bright cherry red. The most perfumed of this year's single vineyard pinots from Mulline. It will also be the most long-lived. Delicate with aromas of wild strawberry, redcurrant, pomegranate, peony and a hint of dried herbs. Equally detailed on the elegant, fine-boned and long palate. In the words of the late English wine critic Clive Coates, very fine indeed! Date: January 2023; Alcohol: 12.5%; Price: $60; Closure: Screwcap; Drink: 2024-2028; Rating: 97 Points & Special Value Star; Philip Rich; James Halliday Wine Companion