MOOROODUC ESTATE
Established in 1981 by Richard and Jill McIntyre, Moorooduc Estate is a small, family run wine business that has developed an enviable reputation for complex and food friendly wines.
Moorooduc Estate offers some of the finest of Mornington Peninsula wines and hand crafted produce available for tasting and purchase at cellar door; terrific food at Jill’s Restaurant and a secluded and exclusive weekend getaway.
Our philosophy in everything we do is to make the most of top quality ingredients. Intensive, hands-on care in the vineyard, with minimal use of chemicals, produces the best possible fruit for our wines. Wild yeast ferments and minimal intervention winemaking, with a nod to traditional Burgundian techniques, allow our wines to express their site specificity, or terroir. Similarly, in the restaurant we aim to source ingredients that are seasonal, local and organic.
TASTING NOTES
Pale gold in colour with lifted aromas of lemon rind, white peach, blossom and a touch of honeydew melon. Some nutty, salty savoury notes add complexity on the nose. On the palate the wine is rich, with plenty of citrus and stone fruit flavour, firm acid line and a savoury textural note. The wine finishes dry and biscuity with a lemon tang. A beautiful match to a creamy seafood chowder, or scallop pie.
VINIFICATION
Hand harvesting. Whole bunch pressing. 100% wild yeast fermentation in French oak barrels, 10% being new. Natural malolactic fermentation (100%) in barrel. 9 months in wood on lees with 1 racking prior to bottling. Light fining and filtration
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