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Paul Scorpo has been quietly crafting beautiful wines in Mornington Peninsula alongside Australia’s top shelf cool climate winegrowers.

One of Paul Scorpo’s first jobs in life was in the cellar at Penfolds Barossa Valley winery. Since then the wheel has turned full circle through teaching politics, designing championship golf courses and running a successful landscape architecture business back to following his green thumb and planting a family vineyard on the Mornington Peninsula.

After extensive research of site and soil characteristics on the Peninsula, he settled on an old apple orchard at Merricks North with ancient clay soils, protection from the harsh cold winds coming off the southern ocean, a gentle slope and dual aspects, which combine to provide the site with ideal ripening conditions for a range of varieties. Paul and his family and their connection to the land are uncompromising in his quest to produce the area’s finest wines with closer plantings, more clonal selections. Vines are planted on north east slope (a brilliant sun trap) on red clay soils derived from Eocene volcanics dating back 40 million years. He has championed Pinot Gris which is also planted on the southwest slope towards Port Phillip Bay. Fine wine is in the Scorpo blood across generations from Sicily, Sardinia and Australia. Paul sources small parcels of fruit from other vineyards he manages on the peninsula to use in the Aubaine and Noirien wines. Scorpo Wines have depth, refinement and texture. They are recognised as a leader among the quality-focused producers of the Mornington Peninsula.

The flagship Chardonnay and only made in exceptional vintages from Paul Scorpo’s immaculate vineyard combines aromas grapefruit, lemon curd and savoury white spices with tremendous drive and mineral tension. Refined elegance, texture and extraordinary depth… A work of art!

Notes from the winemaker: “A seductive nose, yet one that holds its cards close to the chest with restraint and elegance showcased. Fresh lemon and lime dominate the fruits, however florals equally present with orange blossom and jasmine. There is an openness to the nose, much like a walk in a meadow with fresh flowers and cut grass. The palate supports the nose – elegance, restraint, fresh and pure. It is precise and detailed with a fine gravelly seam driving the core long and deep. The fruits again lemon and lime with a smattering of flowers. Hints of toast and nutmeg in the background provide an added richness and complexity to a well packaged wine.13.5% alc.”

96 points Jane Faulkner, James Halliday Wine Companion “Whole-bunch pressed straight to barrel, 20% new, wild yeast, no mlf or lees stirring, aged about 10 months. While there are layers of flavour and a depth to this, it doesn’t come across as too big or too much of a good thing, but just right. Citrus and stone fruit, spice and a subtle oak influence, long and pure across the palate, coming out rather savoury. Moreish, with great definition.”
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