10x Tractor Rose 2021 Victoria Mornington Peninsula
10x Tractor Rose 2021 Victoria Mornington Peninsula10x Tractor Rose 2021
Featuring candied orange, rose petals and pickled ginger, this fleshy wine has a desirable earthiness that pulls you in. While the savoury notes dominant the mouthfeel, every now and then a pop of watermelon comes up and brings you to that taste of summer.
Amrit Chardonnay 2021 Victoria Mornington Peninsula
Amrit Chardonnay 2021 Victoria Mornington PeninsulaAmrit Chardonnay 2021
Aromas of lemon curd, white floral bouquet on the nose and a nice minerality. Fresh zippy acidity, with a balance texture and nice savoury finish. Mouth watering !
Shashi and Devendra Singh have been growing grapes biodynamically on their Red Hill South farm since 2005 and have been producing an outstanding Syrah under the label “Avani Syrah” since 2009. Shashi believes on minimal intervention in her winemaking process and works on maintaining natural acidity in her wines. Since 2015, they have been sourcing quality fruits around the Mornington peninsula to extend their offering and create the “Amrit” range.
This fresh, zippy Chardonnay is made from a vineyard in South redhill, all organically – biodynamically farmed, it’s fermented with natural yeast in old oak barrels.
Amrit Pinot Noir 2019 Victoria Mornington Peninsula
Amrit Pinot Noir 2019 Victoria Mornington PeninsulaAmrit Pinot Noir 2019
Red berries on the nose, an elegant wine with ripe tannins, sweet fruit, balanced natural acidity and a long savoury finish..A cracker Pinot for the price.
Shashi and Devendra Singh have been growing grapes biodynamically on their Red Hill South farm since 2005 and have been producing an outstanding Syrah under the label “Avani Syrah” since 2009. Shashi believes on minimal intervention in her winemaking process and works on maintaining natural acidity in her wines. Since 2015, they have been sourcing quality fruits around the Mornington peninsula to extend their offering and create the “Amrit” range.
The Amrit Pinot Noir 2019 is from a non irrigated vineyard in Shoreham. The grapes (including 10% whole bunch) are fermented with natural yeast in old oak barriques before aging for 12 months. It’s unfinned, unfiltered and has minimal sulphur added.
Garagiste Balnarring Pinot Noir 2021 Victoria Mornington Peninsula
Garagiste Balnarring Pinot Noir 2021 Victoria Mornington PeninsulaGaragiste Balnarring Pinot Noir 2021
Another welcome return after a brief hiatus in 2020, the 2021 Balnarring was wild-fermented with a high portion of whole berries. Unlike the Merricks Pinot there is no whole-bunch influence here–Flanders explains that from this vineyard, the stems can easily dominate the fruit. The wine was matured in 300-litre hogsheads (roughly 25% new) and spent 10 months on lees before it was bottled unfined and unfiltered.
As is the norm, there is a prettiness to this, as distinct from the Merricks which is darker and more savoury. The ’21 is textbook Balnarring Pinot yet also offers immediate drinking pleasure. Everything about this release is amplified–invigorating acidity, soft but plentiful tannins and a rich profusion of crunchy red fruits. It’s lean and sinewy, but this is counterbalanced by fleshy/pulpy fruit and a whisper of minerality on the lengthy finish. This will reward for years to come–if drinking now just give it a decant.
Anyone with even a passing interest in cool-climate Australia will already know that Garagiste is one of the Mornington Peninsula’s brightest rising stars. 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. Garagiste isn’t a slave to fashion and doesn’t charge like a horde of agitated wildebeest. Hey-Diddly-Ho, as Mr Flanders’ cartoon namesake might utter.
Garagiste Le Stagiaire Chardonnay 2021 Victoria Mornington Peninsula
Garagiste Le Stagiaire Chardonnay 2021 Victoria Mornington PeninsulaGaragiste Le Stagiaire Chardonnay 2021
Fruit is sourced from three vineyard sites in Tuerong, Merricks and Balnarring with an average vine age of 25 years. Intense and opulant aromas. This is an elegant Chardonnay that will improve as it opens up. Tropical peach, nectarine and citrus pith and complexity from its time on lees.
Anyone with even a passing interest in cool-climate Australia will already know that Garagiste is one of the Mornington Peninsula’s brightest rising stars. 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. Garagiste isn’t a slave to fashion and doesn’t charge like a horde of agitated wildebeest. Hey-Diddly-Ho, as Mr Flanders’ cartoon namesake might utter.
Garagiste Le Stagiaire Pinot Gris 2021 Victoria Mornington Peninsula
Garagiste Le Stagiaire Pinot Gris 2021 Victoria Mornington PeninsulaGaragiste Le Stagiaire Pinot Gris 2021
Made in a pure-fruited, medium bodied style that takes its inspiration from Burgundy rather than northern Italy or Alsace, this finely weighted Gris is drawn from a south-facing site in Merricks. The fruit was hand sorted in the vineyard and winery, then whole bunch pressed into to old barriques to ferment using indigenous yeasts. The wine only goes through partial malolactic, to preserve freshness and was matured on its lees in old neutral barrel for 6 months.
No fan of the nondescript, structure-free Gris style that abounds, Barney’s versions are well-defined and refreshing examples. Apple-tangy and creamy in the mouth, its charismatic flavours fall between the spiced apple/pear and stone fruit spectrum and the wine finishes with rippling citrus-laden dryness and notes of nutmeg and honey. Quality.
Garagiste Le Stagiaire Pinot Noir 2021 Victoria Mornington Peninsula
Garagiste Le Stagiaire Pinot Noir 2021 Victoria Mornington PeninsulaGaragiste Le Stagiaire Pinot Noir 2021
Whole bunches with wild ferment, three weeks on skins and further ageing in concrete, foudre and old barrels. Unfined and unfiltered, with plenty of savoury complexity to balance the ripe Pinot fruit.
Anyone with even a passing interest in cool-climate Australia will already know that Garagiste is one of the Mornington Peninsula’s brightest rising stars. 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. Garagiste isn’t a slave to fashion and doesn’t charge like a horde of agitated wildebeest. Hey-Diddly-Ho, as Mr Flanders’ cartoon namesake might utter.
Garagiste Le Stagiaire Rose 2021 Victoria Mornington Peninsula
Garagiste Le Stagiaire Rose 2021 Victoria Mornington PeninsulaGaragiste Le Stagiaire Rose 2021
The lion’s share (85%) of Barney’s 2021 rosé is Merricks Pinot Noir, and to this he added a portion of Tuerong Gewürztraminer. Everything was whole-bunch pressed to old barriques for a natural ferment with no temperature control on full solids. The blend spent seven months on lees before bottling.
The result is probably the most delicious, come-and-get-me textural rosé we have tasted under this label. Expect a wine with a beautiful onion skin colour and a pretty, spicy palate loaded with red fruit, rosewater and aniseed notes, and a crunchy, refreshing close. Delicious.
Garagiste premium Mornington Peninsula wines truly express a sense of the place where they were grown. Focusing on Chardonnay and Pinot Noir we intend to highlight the subtleties of the Peninsula’s different sub-regions with small batches of very limited wines.
Hurley Hommage Pinot Noir 2018 Victoria Mornington Peninsula
Hurley Hommage Pinot Noir 2018 Victoria Mornington PeninsulaHurley Hommage Pinot Noir 2018 bright raspberry, cherry and strawberry flavours with a touch of deli meat too. Spicy and juicy on the palate, and there’s a forest-like or earthy flavour on the back palate.
