The vibrant bouquet is highlighted with notes of crisp pear skin and Granny Smith apple along with interesting hints of wheat and musk. The palate shows flavours of Jazz apple and nectarine that combine with the hallmark Gris texture and phenolic drive that concludes with a citrus blossom infused finish.
James Halliday - Published on 10 Aug 2016
Pear and apple flavours right in the slot. Spice/brine notes add complexity. Both a softness and a directness. Impeccable.
The vibrant bouquet is highlighted with notes of crisp pear skin and Granny Smith apple along with interesting hints of wheat and musk. The palate shows flavours of Jazz apple and nectarine that combine with the hallmark Gris texture and phenolic drive that concludes with a citrus blossom infused finish.
James Halliday - Published on 10 Aug 2016
Pear and apple flavours right in the slot. Spice/brine notes add complexity. Both a softness and a directness. Impeccable
Port Phillip Estate endeavours to grow the highest quality fruit that freely expresses the terroir of each vineyard. The vineyard philosophy is to develop a soil and vineyard biota that produces a balanced vine living sustainably in its environment.
Using the principles of agro-ecology and permaculture, using a biological farming system that places focus on the improvement of soil biology through the use of compost teas, estate-produced compost, mulch and other natural soil and plant conditioners.
They endeavour to improve and build soil health through the use of cover crops, tillage and aeration. The biological farming system is driven by the belief that the health of the vineyard soils, and thus vines, underpin the wine quality.
The vineyards are always hand-pruned, shoot thinned, shoot positioned and crop thinned. All fruit is handpicked.
The winemaking philosophy at Port Phillip Estate is to best preserve the inherent characteristics present in the fruit while making wines of elegance, finesse, texture, complexity and structure.
Port Phillips wines are domain specific. We believe that all of our wines should convey a sense of the place and the season in which they were grown.
Their practices in the winery are non-interventionist. All of the wines are fermented spontaneously as are the malolactic fermentations.
The winery is designed to promote the movement of fruit and wine via gravity flow, avoiding the use of pumps. When a pump is required very gentle peristaltic pumps are used.
All the red wines are unfined and unfiltered. The white wines are all unfined and at times also unfiltered.
Only French oak for wine maturation, red and white. All wines are bottled in-house using adedicated bottling line.
The waste water produced during wine production is recycled through eco-sensitive constructed wetlands in which indigenous plants naturally treat and recycle the water for reuse as irrigation water on the property.
Product/Service Sold Out | Yes |
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En Primeur | No |
New Arrivals | No |
Wine Type | White Wine |
Wine Style | Traditional |
Country | Australia |
Region | Mornington Peninsula |
Varietals | Pinot Gris/Pinot Grigio/Grauer Burgunder |
Vintage | 2016 |
Bottle Size | 750ml |
Wine Points | 92 |