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Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia |
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13.5% |
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“Great wines are made on the vine, and when the variety, aspect and soil type are right, Australia’s wine regions deliver elegant, textured and fruit-driven wines that hold their own with the best in the world.” Sam Coverdale established Even Keel in 2006 with a vision to create drinkable, elegant wines that celebrate the individual strengths of Australia’s wine regions. Since 2009, he has specialised in single-vineyard wines from his Polperro farm in the higher reaches of the Mornington Peninsula, using a mix of organic and biodynamic viticulture.
Sam's Polperro Pinot Noir is a blend of a few of his vineyards:
- Bassat vineyard, on an easterly slope 190m above sea level
- Mill Hill vineyard, on a northerly slope at 270m above sea level
- Kindelan vineyard, on a northerly slope at 160m above sea level
- Yrsa vineyard, on an easterly slope at 140m above sea level
Grapes were hand-picked and gently de-stemmed into open fermenters for a natural fermentation. About 5% of this is with whole berries, i.e. carbonic maceration with fermentation taking place inside the unbroken grape, increasing the aromatics.
After fermentation it is racked to barrel, approximately one-fifth in new French oak. The wine is bottled after 10 months, unfined and unfiltered.
It is pitch-perfect Mornington Pinot boasting delicate cherries and raspberries, continuing with a red-fruit focused palate and floral notes, some secondary undertones coming through, then a complex finish with black pepper and fine tannins. It's a gorgeous wine that will continue to unfurl in the glass as well as develop for several years in the bottle.
