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NOTES
The Kooyong vineyard and winery are located at Tuerong on the northern end of the Mornington Peninsula, 80km south of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. In 1995, Kooyong was established on a gently undulating 93 hectare property neighbouring Devilbend Reserve, home to many native water birds. The Kooyong name means 'where the wild fowl gather’. Compared with more southerly vineyards on the Mornington Peninsula, Kooyong experiences a warmer, drier climate, and the light, sandy clay soil is also less vigorous than the more typical rich loam of the region. The winemaker is Sandro Mosele.
TASTING NOTES
Vibrant ruby red in colour with and exuberant and fresh bouquet of bright raspberry and cherry notes; a rich, powerful, and complex palate. The richness and generosity are balanced by firm tannins that are typical of 2007, and a hint of rhubarb and a mineral (graphite) edge adds further interest on the finish. This has the density of fruit and the structure to age extremely well.
REVIEWS
Cherry and plum fruit with a serving of Asian spices and complex ironstone nuances; the palate is fleshy on entry, but tightens up with fine-grained tannins and really vibrant acidity; a core of pure red fruit takes time to open on the palate. Cork.13% alc. Rating 94 Drink 2015, James Halliday, Australian Wine Companion 2010
The Kooyong wines are made by Sandro Mosele, who in a wine sense can hardly put a foot wrong. Here is another gorgeous example. This is a pinot noir for control freaks – or that’s the way it tastes. It’s full of tense, chalky tannin and sappy, sour, tangy fruit flavour, so if you’re after a hit of ripe sweetness then you should look
away now. We love it, though. It’s all about structure, length of flavour, sourness. Drink 2011-2016, 93 Points, Campbell Mattinson and Gary Walsh, The Big Red Wine Book 2009/2010
Always a winner, this year Kooyong’s Estate Pinot has a little more vibrancy to its acidity and assertiveness to its tannin finish that will make it work well with duck and richer main course dishes. It has all the black cherry and bright red berry fruit that we have come to love with this label. 92 Points, Tyson Stelzer, Wine Business Monthly – WBM 100 May 2009
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