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Foxey’s Hangout – Scotsworth Farm Chris Strickland

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  • Foxey’s Hangout – Scotsworth Farm

    In Merricks North, in the heart of Mornington Peninsula, lies Foxey’s Hangout’s Scotsworth Farm vineyard, one of the region’s pioneering biodynamic sites. Planted in 1998 by brothers Michael and Tony Lee, with viticulturist Chris Strickland taking the helm in 2016, this 2-hectare vineyard growing pinot noir and chardonnay has distinguished itself. Scotsworth Farm lays claim to being the first vineyard on the Mornington Peninsula to be biodynamically certified – achieving this status in 2019 after applying for certification in 2017. Today, Foxey’s Scotsworth Farm Chardonnay and Scotsworth Farm Pinot Noir are among the best of the varietal wines coming from the region.

  • Portsea Estate – Main Ridge Vineyard

    Portsea Estate – Main Ridge Vineyard was first planted in 1997 and was recently acquired by Portsea Estate in 2021. Spearheaded by a passionate team including Matt Lugg, Sean Jones, Travis De Winton, Maddy Callahan, and Will Ross, this 5.47-hectare vineyard with red volcanic basalt (Ferrosol) soils at 174 metres elevation. It resides in the Mornington Peninsula’s sub-region of Main Ridge, which is surrounded on three sides by the waters of Port Phillip Bay, Western Port Bay and Bass Straight. The ‘Portsea Estate – Main Ridge’ site, making varietal bottlings of premium chardonnay and pinot noir, is bisected by Manton’s Creek forming a valley with east and west facing slopes, and is managed with regenerative agriculture since the new stewardship.

  • Ten Minutes by Tractor – Spedding, Mornington Peninsula

    Ten Minutes by Tractor’s reputation is built on articulating the differences between their four key vineyards with single-vineyard expressions of chardonnay and pinot noir, along with broader regional expressions and separate bottlings that reflect the lower elevation sites as well as higher elevation sites of the Mornington Peninsula. In 2016, they planted arguably the boldest venture for the region, with a high-density planting of pinot noir across just under 1.5 hectares. And while those vines are too young to turn out a single site offering, the early results are creating considerable excitement amongst the viticulture and winemaking teams.

  • Quealy, Mornington Peninsula

    Before selling to a major player, Kathleen Quealy and Kevin McCarthy made their mark as icons of the Mornington Peninsula in the 1990s, generating a flurry of interest around pinot grigio/gris that has not abated. With a move to one of the Mornington Peninsula’s oldest Vineyards in Balnarring, the pair have continued with their exploration of that grape, along with the Peninsula standards of pinot noir and chardonnay, as well as delving into some key white grapes of north-eastern Italy. The site is responsible for some of the key Quealy bottlings, including their premium ‘Seventeen Rows’ Pinot Noir and skin-contact ‘Turbul’ Friulano. Today, the vineyard is managed by Lucas Blanck under organic certification to produce fruit for their classic and lo-fi expressions.

  • Crittenden Home Vineyard, Mornington Peninsula

    Crittenden Estate is one of Mornington Peninsula’s oldest vineyards, with Garry Crittenden planting his first couple of hectares in the 80s, which doubled the region’s land under vine at the time. Today, while the regional strengths of chardonnay and pinot noir remain the same, much on the Peninsula has changed. And the Crittendens have changed too, with Garry and his son Rollo steering the viticulture down a sustainable route that has seen vast benefits for biodiversity and soil health, as well as wine quality. The estate vineyard produces a suite of wines – including two savagnin-based bottlings that pay homage to the wines of the Jura – which form the premium end of the Crittenden range. Top of that tree are the Cri de Coeur wines, and they’re wines that Rollo says would not have been possible without their farming revolution.

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