Scorpo Vineyard & Wines
23 Old Bittern Dromana Road
Merricks North 3926
Mornington Peninsula
Victoria (MEL 162 E12)
Australia

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16Noirien Pinot Noir, Pinot Noir

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="17242" img_size="full" alignment="center"][vc_column_text]Contract-grown, destemmed, wild-fermented, matured in French oak (5% new) for 11 months. Bright crimson-purple, it is full of highly spiced red fruits that brook no argument, so best enjoy it with food. Winery - Scorpo Wines Winery Region - Mornington Peninsula Variety - Pinot Noir Vintage – 2019 Halliday Rating - 93/100 Price when Tasted - $32.00 Date when tasted - 24 Mar 2020 Alcohol - 14 % Drink By - 2025 Closure - Screwcap[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

13Pinos Gris, Pinsanto

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="17241" img_size="full" alignment="center"][vc_column_text]Picked 4 weeks after the normal harvest, 100% whole-bunch pressed, fermented in used French oak. Fun wine, spicy and juicily sweet. Winery - Scorpo Wines Winery Region - Mornington Peninsula Variety -Sweet Vintage - 2018 Halliday Rating - 92/100 Price when Tasted - $33.00 Date when tasted - 17 Jul 2019 Alcohol - 14 % Drink By - 2021 Closure –Screwcap[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

19Bestia, Pinot Grigio Tradizionale

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="17240" img_size="full" alignment="center"][vc_column_text]Open-fermented with 50% destemmed fruit, 50% whole bunches, matured for 12 months in used French barriques. Startlingly deep salmon-pink; it is dry, but also has the phenolics of a red wine, edging towards bitterness on the aftertaste. Bold try. Winery - Scorpo Wines Winery Region - Mornington Peninsula Variety - Pinot Gris Vintage – 2017 Halliday Rating - 89/100 Price when Tasted - $45.00 Date when tasted - 17 Jul 2019 Alcohol - 13.4 % Drink By - 2021 Closure – Screwcap[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

17Pinos Gris

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Charismatic expression here, full of detail and drinkability. Scents of faint pear, mixed minerals, light honeyed toast, fresh and dried apple and citrus. Beautiful. Has a succulence in the palate, light chew, beautiful carriage of flavour and a long trail of minerally flavours follow the pear, faint nuttiness and appley things. Beautiful thing this. Rated : 94 Points Tasted : Apr-19 Alcohol : 13.5% Price : $37 Closure : Screwcap Drink : 2019 – 2024 Mike Bennie[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

14Pinsanto

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Cute name. Late harvest pinot gris. It tastes of apricot and orange marmalade, has very good intensity, is slippery in mouthfeel terms and through the mid-palate at least it’s pretty impressive. It’s certainly delicious. More than a curio. Rated : 90 Points Tasted : Mar19 Alcohol : 14% Price : $33, 375ml Closure : Screwcap Drink : 2019 – 2023 Campbell Mattinson[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

15Pinot Grigio Tradizionale

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] 50% whole bunches. 20 days on skins. Matured in old oak. It’s not unique but it’s not the norm for Mornington Peninsula pinot gris/grigio. Beautiful colour for starters. Deep russet-amber-crimson. Richly autumnal. It all goes from there. Flint, woodsmoke, graphite, potato skins, scorched dry pears, spice notes and no doubt more. Excellent intensity and the length to match. Skin-sy and stalky. A treat in its style. Rated : 94 Points Tasted : Apr19 Alcohol : 13.4% Price : $45 Closure : Screwcap Drink : 2019 - 2022 Campbell Mattinson[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

16Noirien Pinot Noir, Pinot Noir

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]5% new oak and terrific to drink. As fresh and it is silken, as seamless as it is delicious. If you drink this immediately you’re missing out on nothing, such is its polished drinkability, but it has both complexity and structure on its side too and so should mature well into at least the medium term. Bravo. Price and quality are spot on. Rated : 93 Points Tasted : Mar19 Alcohol : 13.5% Price : $32 Closure : Screwcap Drink : 2019 - 2025 Campbell Mattinson[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

17Eocene High Density, Pinot Noir

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Scorpo’s wines are always impressive but this new release is particularly so. I don’t have details on the density of the planting but it saw 10% whole bunches and 20% new oak. It was all fermented wild. More importantly, it tastes sensational. The word stunning comes straight to mind. This is a measured, moderate wine and yet it has power. It tastes of black cherries and chicory, sweet raspberry, savoury/woodsy herbs, dark chocolate and cedarwood. It carries a fair clip of oak but both the fruit and the tannin have such force to them; the flavours stride through the palate as if on a mission. It’s a striking wine,

15Chardonnay

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This is essentially the ‘Estate’ release, and is something of a flagbearer chardonnay in the range as a result. Juicy. Long. Pristine. Fennel-infused. Pear-riven. All those things. It’s a lively, lifted, stylish chardonnay with bright barley-accented fruit, wheaty tones and a bit of crunch to its acidity. It’s just beginning to spread it wings. Rated : 94 Points Tasted : Apr19 Alcohol : 13.5% Price : $48 Closure : Screwcap Drink : 2020 - 2025+ Campbell Mattinson[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

13Chardonnay

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]5% new oak, fermented wild in barrel, no battonage, no malo. On song. Racy but fleshy and flavoursome. Plenty of zip and a clear acid line, for sure, the ‘no malo’ aspect abundantly clear. But it works a treat. Green apple, honeysuckle, nectarine and citrus flavours shoot joyously through the palate. Wait another 6-12 months and it will be better again. Steely/chalky finish works well too. Rated : 93 Points Tasted : Apr19 Alcohol : 12.9% Price : $32 Closure : Screwcap Drink : 2020 - 2024+ Campbell Mattinson[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]