Peninsula Panorama Chardonnay
Peninsula Panorama Chardonnay is an unwooded take on the popular white, with plenty of stone fruit flavour for a lighter wine that doesn't skimp on complexity. A tingly mouthfeel makes this one a must for sunny days, with a refreshingly lengthy finish.
148 Browns Road Rose
Embacing delicate spring florals offset by creamy notes, this beautifully balanced rose is a perfect contrast to the smokiness of barbacued chorizo and prawns,an easy drinking wine best served chilled.
148 Browns Road Pinot Noir
This wine shows richness and depth supported by juicy forest fruits. It is an elegant wine which is both approachable when young and showing potential for further improvement with age. The bouquet is balanced with juicy forest berries and dark plum characters. The palate is well structured with persistent acidity and tannin.
Kooyong Estate Pinot Noir
The fragrant nose offers a broad array of autumnal notes --- woodsy spice, leaf litter and earth, alongside bright wild berries and a subtle cured meatiness. The core of the wine carries a juicy and sappy mid-weight texture that is firmly supported with a dusting of finely integrated tannin. Black cherry and raspberry flavours lead into a long and intense finish.
Dexter Pinot Noir
Aroma Aromas of dark berry fruits such as blackberry and plums, with background aromas of dried herbs and spices. Flavour The complex flavours are of blackberries, plums, spices and hints of oak. Palate It has a soft entry with mid palate fruit sweetness and lovely texture. The finish is long with balanced acid and fine tannins.
Red Hill Estate Pinot Noir
The Estate Range 'Cool Climate' Pinot Noir shows the familiar perfume and elegance of fine Pinot Noir that mix beautifully with flavours of liqueur cherries, spice and silky tannins. There is a tight, restrained yet lively palate of intense fruit that pans out across the back palate.
Shadowfax Minnow Rose
Very pale salmon, some light red hues. Red fruits, raspberry, cranberry, a touch of liquorice, some light spice and earth. Pinot Noir is apparent on the front palate, with berries, fluffy talc and crystalline texture. The Grenache brings weight through the middle, a riot of red fruits and tarry spice. Mourvèdre fills the rear, with lovely fine extract framing the palate and adding length. A harmonious and very fine Minnow Rosé by Shadowfax: complex, dry and delicious.
Peninsula Panorama Pinot Noir
Peninsula Panorama Pinot is wine made in a fresh style for early drinking. A great introduction to the maritime climate Pinot Noir's of the Mornington Peninsula, one of the most successful varieties grown in the region. Typical light, juicy berry fruit flavours will complement a wide range of modern cuisines.
Port Phillip Estate Chardonnay
Another outstanding wine from Sandro Mosele! Port Phillip Estate Chardonnay's aromas are complex with citrus subtle oak and hints of wild yeast. The flavours are generous and the rich mouthfeel is matched by crisp acidity.
Garagiste Le Stagiaire Pinot Noir
Ample and dark fruited, with a smoky, savoury feel. Plenty of spice amid the berry fruits, with lovely earthy and graphite notes running through. Predominantly from Garagiste's Balnarring, Tuerong and Merricks vineyards, with a small proportion of Red Hill fruit. The grapes were sorted then destemmed--a small percentage of the Merricks portion was fermented with a 100% whole bunches--and fermented in small open fermenters using indigenous yeast, minimal hand plunging and spending 25 days on skins. The wine was aged for ten months in 10% new hogsheads with the balance being raised in older hogsheads. Unfined and unfiltered. Barnaby Flanders created the Garagiste label following his amicable split with Allies co-founder David Chapman (who continues with the Allies label). Barney now focuses on a snug range of small-batch wines from fruit sourced from the highly prized Merricks Grove vineyard, the Silverwood vineyard (Balnarring), and the Hugh Robinson vineyard in Moorooduc. Garagiste, the main label, is ably supported by delicious entry-level wines under the Le Stagiaire banner. Barnaby and Cam (Marshall) manage all aspects of the viticulture and winemaking themselves and a range of succulent, finely tuned and elegantly crafted cool-climate Pinot Noir and Chardonnay is what results.