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Scorpo Aubaine Chardonnay 2022

$35.99

Elegant Mornington Chardonnay.

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Description

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.

Aubaine is an historic Burgundian synonym for chardonnay and means amongst other things, good fortune. Year in year out this is a great value, shiny example of the regionally typical, elegant Mornington Chardonnay. Cooler growing season in 2022 has delivered the goods

Golden pale straw. White peach, juicy Pakenham pears, granny smith apples and spice on the nose. The palate starts lean and tight with tastes of lemon/grapefruit opening to more generous melon with vanilla undertones. Fine chalky finish. This really is quite an extraordinary Chardonnay showcasing power and finesse at its finest. Bargain alert!

93 points, Jane Faulkner, Halliday Wine Companion “This is one of those tickety-boo wines – everything about it is just right. Some flinty sulphides, lemony flavours, a smidge of nutty lees, refreshing acidity and complexity, not too much as it’s a ‘drink me now’ style of wine. Done well, though.”

RRP $42  Our Price $35.99 – Last of this vintage

Additional information

Producer

Scorpo

Region or Country

Australia, Mornington Peninsula

Variety

Chardonnay

Vintage

2022

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