Kooyong Beurrot Pinot Gris

Pale straw with golden hues. Fresh and frisky, with a spicy, faintly floral and citrus bouquet of guava, white peach and wild flowers backed a nutty, creamy yeast-derived complexity. Initially sweet and forward, its citrus and faintly honeyed core of fruit extends with richness and smoothness over a fine, dusty spine towards a nutty, rather spicy and savoury finish punctuated by vibrant acidity, crisp and long on the finish.

The beautiful and modern city of Melbourne sits at the top (north) end of Port Phillip, and the bay of Port Phillip has the Mornington Peninsula on its south eastern edge. The Mornington Peninsula is considered a cooler region, given its latitude so far south, at least by Australian standards. Kooyong Wines is a specialist Pinot Noir and Chardonnay producer which we think are the ideal varieties to be planted for what is Australia’s foremost cool climate maritime wine growing region. We are passionate about our biological viticultural practices and sensitive minimalist winemaking which produces site expressive wines of elegance, complexity and structure. The vineyard and winery were established in 1996 and is owned and operated by the Gjergja family. The winemaker is Glen Hayley. The majority of the 40 hectare site is planted to Pinot Noir and Chardonnay with a small block of Pinot Gris.