Cor Ribbe Pinot Noir
Cornelius Ribbe is a part time wine importer and part time winemaker at Paradigm Hill (Mornington Peninsula), while also making this very tasty wine. Classic Mornington Pinot, with some sappy red fruit, medium weight and savoury notes. Its ultra silky on the palate but maintains some nice structure making it perfect for glazed salmon.
McWilliam's McWilliam's Samphire Pinot Noir
Aromas A savoury wine with aromas of wild cherries and dried herbs, with hints of garden strawberries and spicy French oak. Taste True to the Yarra Valley style of a medium bodied wine and structural tannins balance with hints of dried cherries and subtle oak on the finish. Enjoy Pour a glass alongside your favourite Asian cuisine; Peking Duck or Char Siu Pork and relax in good company.
Barwon Ridge Fortified Shiraz
Fermentation was stopped by the addition of a blend of quality grape spirits. The wine was then matured in French oak barrels until bottling. This has produced an attractive fortified wine with lovely lifted fruit aromas, a rich palate and lively spirit/fruit aftertaste.
Dinny Goonan Single Vineyard Shiraz
Vibrant and crystalline purple in the glass. Perfumed and aromatic with violets, blackcurrant and a touch of white pepper. Medium weight yet mouth filling with supple black fruits and a charcuterie savoury note. It's quite slippery and gliding and flows from entry to finish. The tannins and acidity doing the work from the shadows, away from the spotlight. It has is a bright and persistent finish.
Toolangi Yarra Valley Pinot Noir
Established in 1995, Toolangi Vineyard is in the Yarra Valley adjoining the Toolangi State Forest. This single-site vineyard on fine clay loam produces wines with distinctive personalities, each wine showing a strong sense of place. The vines were cropped low, and the fruit was hand-harvested from 20-year-old vines of MV6 Pinot Noir clone. Fruit for the 2022 Pinot Noir was hand-picked on the 11th of March, The fruit was destemmed as whole berries, with 10% left as whole bunches. There was a short cold soak prior to fermentation and the wine was then left on skins for 21 days. It was then pressed to French barriques and puncheons (less than 10% new) for malolactic conversion and left on lees in oak for 10 months.