Category Archives: Mornington Peninsula

Stonier Pinot Noir 2010

Posted on December 18, 2011 by michel

Year in year out I eagerly anticipate this release – I recall at a 10 year vertical where the regular wines out performed the reserves and are half the price. The 09′s were tidy but the 2010′s have ramped up … Continue reading →

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Kooyong Meres Pinot Noir 2006

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Lincoln

A quickie – I was only half paying attention to this one. Initially quite savoury and minerally on the nose, dully fruited but marginally interesting. On the palate, some red fruits and chunks of minerals, drying but satisfying. Left in … Continue reading →

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Rahona Valley Pinot Noir 2006

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Lincoln

A taster. From Red Hill in the Mornington Peninsula. Seems odd to find a 2006 wine available now, but perhaps a right-minded person is keeping wines back until they are ready to drink. Quite big and glossy, some pine needles … Continue reading →

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Red Hill Estate Shiraz 2007

Posted on August 29, 2010 by admin

My sister was down from the Sunshine Coast this weekend for the Bridge to Brisbane 10k run, so her husband brought this to have with last night’s meal. A lifted nose, blackberries and warm spices, cloves, dusty oak and black … Continue reading →

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Ten Minutes by Tractor McCutcheon Vineyard Pinot Noir 2007

Posted on August 26, 2010 by admin

One of the three single vineyard wines offered by this Mornington Peninsula producer. A lovely nose. Cherries, spice, minerals, lightly stewed rhubarb and just a whiff of the camp fire. A similarly impressive palate, fruit driven with a touch of … Continue reading →

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Kooyong Haven Pinot Noir 2003

Posted on July 11, 2010 by Lincoln

The diam was half soaked through, and was quite loose in the neck of the bottle. Quite a pleasant nose on the wine, starting with rhubarb, beetroot, earth and bark, and then developing some cherry fruits and perfume, with cream … Continue reading →

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Main Ridge Half Acre Pinot Noir 2004

Posted on May 14, 2010 by Lincoln

Initially quite a delicate nose: red cherries and cranberries, some stalk and smoke and a touch of sap. With time it broadened and the cherry fruits seemed a bit liqueured. On the palate simple cherry fruits with some sappyness and … Continue reading →

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Kooyong Massale Pinot Noir 2008

Posted on December 1, 2009 by Lincoln

Opened with very tempting aromas: juicy dark cherries, a touch of dried meat, vanilla, spice and hints of caramel. Very young indeed. The palate showed some rawness (not surprising for a one year old wine), with cherries, raspberries, minerals, musk … Continue reading →

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Crittenden Estate Pinocchio Moscato 2008

Posted on June 30, 2009 by Lincoln

I’m on a good run at the moment: lots of wines of excellent quality. This is another one. Barely any bead on it. The nose displayed an abundance of fruits: pear, stewed spiced apples, ginger, honeyed lemons, apricots and a … Continue reading →

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Stonier Pinot Noir 2007

Posted on June 28, 2009 by Lincoln

Made by Geraldine McFaul, who has since left Stonier I believe. Cherry red. A cherry nose, with a touch of orange citrus, spices and lightly stewed strawberries, that later evolved into plums, musk and woodier spices. The palate is delicious … Continue reading →

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