A stately Victorian Cabernet Sauvignon and the Brown Brothers flagship, released at five years of age. The most superlative parcels are vinified and assembled each vintage into a powerhouse of a wine with intense blackberry palate and juicy tannins. Fruit is sourced from outstanding sites, the Ray and Politini vineyards on King Valley, Zantvoort at Mornington Peninsula, Glenkara in the Pyrenees and Taylor Vineyard at Beechworth. A rich and concentrated Cabernet with sweet berry flavours and fine oak characters to compliment a long dry finish.

$5499each $657DOZEN EACH DOZEN In 1885 at the age of eighteen, John Francis Brown planted Shiraz grapes on his Milawa property, located in the lower reaches of King Valley. Several generations of winemaking expertise have since accumulated and are brought to bear on this most illustrious edition within the Brown Brothers portfolio. Grapes are destemmed and crushed to fermenters with the use of some juice run off to concentrate fruit flavours and intensity. Select small batches are cared for at the Brown Brothers Kindergarten Winery before assembling into an intense and concentrated wine. Patricia was matured eighteen months in a selection of mostly new French oak barriques before bottling and a further spell of cellar ageing. Alcohol 14.0%

Deep crimson colour. Complex aromas of red berries and blackcurrant, while the influence of French contributes a gentle cedar lift. The palate is rich and concentrated with sweet fruit and hints of nutmeg. Exhibits great length and is well structured with ripe flavours and seamless elegant finish. Patricia has evolved beautifully after several years ageing under the Brown Brothers cellars, softening the palate and integrating tannins.

As a key figure in the establishment of Mornington viticulture, Garry Crittenden was instrumental in forging for the Peninsula the reputation as a distinguished producer of distinctive, regional wines. From the outset, Crittenden recognized the area's climatic suitability to Pinot Noir, exploiting it through meticulous land management and sophisticated vinification techniques. Fashioned from a mix of Pinot Noir clones, including 114 and 115, MV6, D2V5 and D5V12, all grapes are hand picked off the Crittenden property at 25 Harrisons Rd Dromana.

$3199each $381DOZEN EACH DOZEN Grapes are immediately destemmed to small open fermenters without crushing. Juices and musts, pulp, skins and seeds are sent to fermenters via a heat exchanger, the temperature is lowered from ambient to approximately 7°C. A protective CO2 cover is maintained and the must is cold soaked for four or five days prior to vinification. Half the fermenters are allowed a spontaneous wild yeast ferment, the balance is inoculated with a choice red wine yeast. Ferments are allowed to peak at 32°C, the wine is pressed off skins at dryness into a mixture of new and prior use French 225 litre oak barriques. Malolactic commences naturally and is complete by mid winter.

Bright scarlet hue. Crittenden walks the middle ground between being fruit driven and and supply elegant, yet complex and soundly structured. Each clone contributes unique characters. There is a faint but appealing stalky character which has nothing to do with stems in the ferment, speaking more about the smaller size of hand picked berries. The texture is rich and structured, soft tannins and bright cherry fruit resolve on a good acid finish.

Elgee Park is the oldest vineyard on the Mornington Peninsula. The picturesque property is situated at the end of Wallaces Road, amidst the protected gentle hills of Merricks North, one of the warmest sites on the peninsula. Established in 1972 by Baillieu Myer and family, the five hectare property was the first in a new era of distinguished Mornington vineyards. The splendid maritime conditions which surround the vines are so very similar to that of Bordeaux. Limited quantities of exceptional wine are released each year under the Family Reserve label.

$2199each $261DOZEN EACH DOZEN Elgee Park vineyard covers the north facing slope of a natural amphitheatre, with a view across Port Phillip Bay to the Melbourne skyline, as depicted on the label. Surrounded by gardens, the vineyard is adorned by a gazebo and sculptures, hand hewn fences and an array of roses at the end of each vine row. There's normally good rainfall throughout the growing season and the climate offers an extended ripening period, ideal for premium grape growing. After being harvested at perfect ripeness, grapes are de-stemmed and crushed, drained, pressed and settled. The free run juices are cool fermented, settled and racked, filtered and bottled to arrive at a wonderfully fresh, crisp and aromatic style. Alcohol 13.0%

Pale straw colour. Perfumed bouquet of lime, passionfruits and rose. Wonderful cool climate citrus and lime, apple and a hint of peach as well as dry, savoury mineral. The palate is crisp, delicate and dry, showing great length, abundant with citrus and floral flavours.

Hand tended vines yielding harvests of hand sorted fruit to be vinified into hand made wines is the Foxey's Hangout way. After two decades of operating award winning Melbourne restaurants, Michael and Tony Lee followed their hearts to a property on Merricks North near the conspicuous Mornington junction at Foxeys Hangout. The brothers planted their first vines in 1997 and later assumed management of the eminent Massoni Vineyard. Red Fox is crafted by the Lee Brothers to be eminently drinkable upon release, in the most profoundly Mornington Pinot Noir way.

$1999each $237DOZEN EACH DOZEN On a beautiful and historic farming property at the gateway to Mornington's vine draped hills, the Foxeys Hangout team focus on the peninsula's renowned affinity for Burgundian varietal grapes and wine styles. They can count on their closeness with the region's best growers to collate harvests of Mornington's finest Pinot Noir. Vinification is all small batch and a combination of techniques borrowed from the old world are employed alongside more modern practices acquired at Roseworthy and Charles Sturt. Grapes are destemmed and placed in open vats to ferment naturally on native yeasts. Red Fox sees ageing in older oak, it relies on lovely fruit aromas and natural grape flavours for structure and length.

Very bright scarlet. A stunning nose of aromatic cherry complexities, violets and forest floor, raspberries and plum with a spicy lift. Full flavoured and full bodied with superb grape tannins in support of blackberry fruit and rounded, earthy characters. Showing outstanding delivery of fruit and amazing structure, Foxeys Hangout proudly outclasses many Pinot Noir at far higher pricepoints. A solid, savoury wine which calls for rich, savoury dishes to make the most of it's generous palate and splendid structure, match it with calves liver and caramelised onions, pasta with ragout or succulent garlic/ rosemary lamb. So this is why Mornington Peninsula is renowned for Pinot Noir.

Over the years that Crittenden has been involved in managing vineyards and making wine, some enduring relationships have developed with growers. Geppetto is a backbone of Mornington fruit with a component from good sites around Patterson Lakes.

$1999each $237DOZEN EACH DOZEN Grapes are hand harvested and immediately destemmed to small open fermenters without crushing. The must (juice, pulp, skins and seeds) is transferred via a heat exchanger, lowering the ambient temperature to 7°C. A protective CO2 cover is maintaied and the must cold soaked for four to five days prior to inoculation. Half of the fermenters are allowed a spontaneous ferment, the balance is inoculated with a select red wine yeast. The ferment temperature is allowed to reach 32°C whereupon the wine is pressed off skins at dryness to a mixture of one, two and three year old 225 litre French oak barriques for ten months ageing. The malolactic ferment occurs naturally and is complete by late winter. Alcohol 13.5%

Bright scarlet colour. Characters of light floral with cherry, red fruits, currant and supple oak. Essentially made in the same way as the estate Pinot Noir, there are two significant differences. The clonal composition is smaller, just MV6 and D2V5, delivering a less complex wine, and no new wood for the maturation process. Geppetto is aged in seasoned oak, the style is intentionally made for early enjoyment, showing fresh fruit and low tannins but still retaining a lively acidity. Best enjoyed with your favourite lamb or duck.

Tucked away off the beaten track, an ancient barn at Jones Road offers fantastic vistas of the rolling Moorooduc countryside. But the converted piggery is not just about sightseeing. The neighbouring Grange and Nepean Blocks deliver small but splendid harvests of intense Chardonnay grapes with superb flavour development and bright natural acidity. The team aim to capture all the classic Mornington Peninsula grapefruit, peach and nectarine fruit characters, retaining all the freshness whilst adding complexity and texture throughout the vinification process.

$2499each $297DOZEN EACH DOZEN Vines are cane pruned and shoot thinning is performed as early as possible in September to ensure a low number of shoots per vine to create an open canopy. This provides good air circulation and even ripening. Summer pruning on the northern side promotes a relatively early harvest. Hand picked fruit is whole bunch pressed and cold settled before being run to barrel and tank for fermentation at low temperatures to preserve vital fruit characters. The French oak barrel fermented component is lees stirred over the course of three months to promote oak integration and textural complexity. Parcels are assembled to a style which can best achieve great elegance, depth and character.

A brilliant medium straw colour. Bouquet of citrus, stonefruit and developed lees richness. Oyster shell complexity with hints of caramel, barrel ferments and vanilla. A wonderful mineral texture on the taut, fruit filled palate, offering great length while exhibiting drying grapefruit characters, peaches and nectarine, smooth complex texture and effortless balance.

100% estate grown fruit made and bottled at the Karina Winery at Dromana on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula. Karina is a small family owned vineyard and winery established in the early eighties. This release having enjoyed several years to develop in the bottle is now mature, well balanced, settled and robust, showing all the characteristic cool fleshiness that has made Mornington renowned for it's mouth filling cool climate Chardonnays. A hearty vintage with fruit swelling climate, optimal yield and quality for the Chardonnay.

$2299each $273DOZEN EACH DOZEN Vine canopies for the Karina were trained vertically to allow direct fruit exposure to the Mornington sunlight. This ensured the attainment of maximum ripeness and varietal characters whilst reducing the likelihood of the stronger nose and palate that can be typical of the Chardonnay. Winemaking family has ensured painstaking pruning of the vinayard, and all the vines contributing to the Karina Chardonnay were hand-picked. Alcohol: 13.

The bouquet reveals rich fruit with hints of spicy oak. On the palate lively melon and peach flavours are in abundance and integrate nicely with the subtle French oak. An underlying yet firm acidity contributes to the overall balance and long clean finish. .

Consistently one of Mornington's very best, a meticulously crafted single vineyard Chardonnay, from fruit grown to 3½ coddled hectares at Tuerong. Kooyong is a true domain in viticultural terms, Chris and Gail Aytward were inspired to develop a property, chosen for its potential to produce quality fruit. The vineyard itself was established from the ground up with a view to growing Mornington's finest Chardonnay.

$3499each $417DOZEN EACH DOZEN A mix of ten Chardonnay clones, exclusively estate grown vines trained to trellis vertical shoot position on the Farrago and Faultline blocks. Faultline makes wines that are richer and fuller than Farrago, defined by their greater textural characters and supported by the inherent minerality. Farrago Chardonnay is defined by its very linear character and strong minerality, the premier wine with the greatest potential. Fruit is whole bunch pressed and barrel fermented in a selection of new and seasoned French oak without any added yeast, followed by fifteen months of maturation Sur lie. Alcohol 13.0%

Vibrant pale straw with hints of gold. The nose shows lemon peel, grapefruit and wet stones. Palate has richness but is kept tight and focused by bright acidity running the entire length. Youthful and intensely flavoured, with bright citrus notes as well as sherbet, jelly crystals, mandarin and some oatmeal with hazelnut. Shows power, concentration and youth at the moment as it continues gain complexity.

The entry level into the House of Kooyong, one of Australia's most artisanal Chardonnay specialists, fashioned to the big dry styles of Cote du Beaune. An assemblage of fruit from the Kooyong and Ballewindi vineyards, a total coverage amounting to nine hectares of prime Mornington viticulture.

$2499each $297DOZEN EACH DOZEN Sandro Mosele has established himself as a tour de force on the Peninsula, making better and better, more and more interesting Chardonnay wines across a spectrum of sites and clone. Kooyong Estate is highly specialised for the big and rich Burgundy style, rendered from tiny parcels of unique terroirs that are matched to the individual characteristics of clone. Vertical shoot positioned, estate grown fruit is supplemented by choice parcels grown to mature local vines. Chardonnay grapes are whole bunch pressed and fermented in a mix of new and used French oak barrels without the introduction of yeasts. Matured eight months sur lie in barrel followed by a further term in tank. Alcohol 13.0%

Bright straw lime colour. A delicate, aromatic nose showing grapefruit and lime, hints of fresh ginger, soft layers of cream and quartz silica minerality. The palate is pure and fine with some flintiness. A Clonale that is pert and linear in youth but with the lees creaminess in place to build texture and weight as it evolves.

Planted exclusively to Pinot Noir, Kooyong Estate's Ferrous Vineyard lies atop sandstones which are encrusted with iron oxide, giving them a rusty appearance and inspiring the moniker. Unique soils impart the intriguing characters of hot wet stone and rusty outback to the exquisitely compex nose. The scant 1.69 hectares of the block yield an extremely limited release, single vineyard wine, arguably Mornington's flagship Pinot Noir.

$6999each $837DOZEN EACH DOZEN Ferrous Vineyard is less protected from the northerly winds, and the soil extremely unforgiving, resulting in greater stress being placed upon the vines. The vines here tend to run out of available water much sooner than in most parts of Mornington. The resulting wine is more masculine in nature, the tannins have more presence and the colour is richer. All grapes are picked by hand and completely destemmed into large oak foudres for twenty four days of fermentation without any added yeasts. A course of wild malolactic in barrel is followed by eighteen months maturation in French oak, a third of which are new), to be bottled without any fining or filtration. Alcohol 13.5%

Dark blood maroon colour. Aromas of crushed ironstone, pink grapefruit, fresh beetroot, wild/ sour cherry and a forest floor. Foamy strawberry and strawberry shortcake, tart black cherries, sleek texture, creamy vanillin note and oak seamlessly integrated, a density of fruit flavours, an utterly pure, savoury line, pert acidity and assertive tannin propel the palate to length.

Kooyong Estate at Tuerong, on Mornington's windswept Peninsula, focuses on producing artisanally crafted Pinot Noir, from superior quality fruit grown to closely managed, exceptional vineyard sites. The cultural practices of Kooyong respect and nurture the inherent character of each of block. All vines are hand cane pruned, if the season is showing higher yields, bunches are thinned to focus the intensity of flavour in remaining clusters. All grapes are hand picked and the vinification is nothing short of meticulous.

$2499each $297DOZEN EACH DOZEN The wines of Kooyong aim to manifest terroir, an integration of geology, soils and mesoclimates of the various sites within the vineyard and the weather of the growing season, to articulate the unique characteristics diligently, respectfully and without artifice. Massale is an assemblage of Pinot Noir parcels grown to the Haven and Ballewindi vineyards. Grapes are completely destemmed and vinified in open vats over a period of eighteen to twenty one days without the introduction of yeast. Batches are treated to an indigenous malolactic followed by ten months maturation in a selection of new and seasoned French oak barrels, the intention being to make this wine more approachable in it's youth. Alcohol 13.0%

A pretty purplish crimson colour. The nose speaks of bright red fruits, raspberries and cherry, then violet florals, dried meadow herbs and hints of cherry pip, oak and botanical spice. The palate is attractively brambly with a core of red fruits, fresh acidity, fine, graphite tannins and a savoury edge which balances the fruit. Massale is an elegant wine which will continue to evolve beautifully.

Kooyong is a domain in the true sense of the word, the estate grown Pinot Noir never leaves the property until well after bottling. The wines of Kooyong aim to manifest terroir, an integration of geology and soil, the mesoclime of individual blocks and the macroclimate of Mornington. A culture of holistic husbandry in the vineyard and artisanal diligence throughout the vinification serves to articulate the uniqueness of Kooyong Pinot Noir, respectfully and without artifice.

$4299each $513DOZEN EACH DOZEN Kooyong Estate is located at Tuerong and focuses on growing a small range of Burgundesque varietals. There are five distinct vineyards of which three are planted to Pinot Noir, the fastidiously husbanded blocks produce stately wines. A mix of six clones, exclusively estate grown, off fully mature vines, trained to trellis vertical shoot position. Completely destemmed and fermented in open vats, the batches are left to self inoculate through wild and local yeasts. Matured ten months in a selection of French oak barrels followed by a further six in large wooden foudre, before assembling into a well rounded Pinot wine showing perfect palate weight, structure and overall harmony. Alcohol 13.5%

Vibrant ruby red. A generous, open nose of dark berries and a touch of vanilla bean. The flavour spectrum ranges from strawberries, raspberries, and boysenberries, through to cinnamon and clove, tapenade and coffee, balanced by abundant ripe, round tannins. A thickness and richness of texture, the varietal character remains pure.