$4199each $501DOZEN EACH DOZEN

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.

$3099each $371DOZEN 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 or fermenters for vinification at low temperatures to preserve vital fruit characters. The French oak component is lees stirred over the course of three months to promote oak integration and textural complexity. Parcels are assembled into a style which can best achieve great elegance, character and depth. Alcohol 12.5%

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.

$4799each $575DOZEN EACH DOZEN

$4799each $575DOZEN EACH DOZEN

Picked off a tally of vineyard blocks on the Jones Road property further down Mornington Peninsula, the fruit is treated to extended hang time for a fuller, luscious Pinot Gris. Vinified through the action of wild indigenous yeasts, without any crushing or destemming, a portion in seasoned French oak barriques. Artfully crafted and tastefully assembled, a savoury sauvage style, the palate reveals a delicious core of flower blossom and apple nut flavours, unravelling more spice complexity as it finishes, engaging, amenable and urbane.

$2699each $323DOZEN EACH DOZEN

Picked off a parcel which yields a superior harvest every year, a closely husbanded copse of vine that's been trained to produce a minimal crop of stellar quality Pinot Noir. Treated to a traditional course of indigenous open ferments, filled to a selection of seasoned and new French oak barriques for malolactic and eleven months élevage. Plenty of Pinosity for the enthusiast, character and complexity, spiced forest berries over a handsome layer of fine grained savoury tannins oak. Terrific balance and resolve, a lasting, impressive cherry stone finish.

$3699each $443DOZEN EACH DOZEN

Deep scarlet hues. Red cherry bouquets, apples delicious and sasafras nose, cocoa and caraway, French oak woven throughout. The palate is supple, seamless and lithe, its framework of velvet tannins in support of crunchy red fruit and fleshy cherry flavours. Terrific balance and resolve, a deeply satisfying bucolic style of Pinot Noir to match with delicate meats.

Jones Road have taken the trip from their digs at Mornington, to sow plantings of vine on the most propitous vistas in Yarra Valley. Grapes are hand picked off an exquisite single block of Sauvignon Blanc at Yarra Glen, sorted for quality and brought to the Sticks wineworks for vinification. A third of the wine is filled to French oak for completion of ferments and a term of repose on yeast lees. The judicious exposure to oak makes a muti dimensional Sauvignon Blanc of added palate richness, bright natural acidity keeps the finish, crisp and fresh.

$2699each $323DOZEN EACH DOZEN

Tucked away off the beaten track along Godings Road, a rustic barn offers fantastic vistas of the rolling Moorooduc countryside. The misty mornings and generous afternoon sunlight create a mesoclime which encourages the vines to yield small bunches of intensely flavoured Shiraz. The best bunches are identified, gently picked and gingerly sorted, destemmed and open fermented, hand plunged and filled to a mix of French oak barriques for malolactic and ten months élevage, bottled unfined for optimal sauvage appeal.

$2699each $323DOZEN EACH DOZEN

Deeply garnet red. A range of ripe dark berry and plum fruit bouquets, brambles and pot pourri, tri couleur poivre and cool climate spice. A palate full of compotes and fleshy ripe plum fruit, the tannins are long, elegant and refined, the finish is juicy, fresh and exquisitely balanced, continues to unravel layers of spice and savoury complexity as it breathes and evolves.

$2999each $359DOZEN EACH DOZEN

Sandro Mosele has established himself as a tour de force on Mornington Peninsula, making better and better, ever more interesting Chardonnay wines, across a spectrum of sites and clone. Avail yourself of the entry level into the House of Kooyong, one of Australia's most artisanal Chardonnay specialists, fashioned to the big dry styles of Burgundy's magnificent Cote du Beaune. Exactingly crafted from an assemblage of fruit, hand picked and meticulously sorted, off the eminent Kooyong and Ballewindi vineyards.

$3199each $383DOZEN EACH DOZEN 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. A total coverage amounting to nine hectares of prime Mornington viticulture, are fastiduously husbanded to yield nothing but the most exceptional quality harvests. Vertically shoot positioned, estate grown fruit, forms the backbone, supplemented by choice parcels grown to mature local vines. Chardonnay is gently whole bunch pressed directly into French oak barriques for a wild, indigenous yeast vinification, followed by ten months maturation sur lie and minimal filtration before bottling.

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.

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, founders Chris and Gail Aytward were inspired to establish vines on a very special piece of terroir, chosen for its potential to produce quality fruit. The vineyard itself was husbanded from the ground up, with a view to growing Mornington's finest Chardonnay. A fully engaging, richly barrel fermented, mineral and quartz style of new world Chardonnay.

$4099each $491DOZEN EACH DOZEN A mix of several Chardonnay clones, selectively picked off 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, articulating 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 a year's maturation Sur lie.

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.

Kooyong is a domaine in the true sense of the word, the exclusively estate grown grapes never leave the property until well after bottling. The wines of Kooyong aim to manifest terroir, an integration of geology and soil, the mesoclime of individual parcels and the influence of Mornington's maritime clime. 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.

$5099each $611DOZEN EACH DOZEN A tally of clones are hand picked off fully mature vines, completely destemmed and vinified for up to three weeks in a mix of large oak foudres, cement vats and fermenters, the batches are left to self inoculate through wild and local yeasts. After completion of natural malolactic, components are filled to a selection of French oak barriques for nine months, followed by transfer to large oaken foudres for another ten months before assemblage.

Bright garnet, maroon colour. 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.