Bouchard Chassagne Montrachet

The Mornington Peninsula is recognised as one of Australia’s premier regions for cool-climate Pinot Noir, and at Montalto it’s our defining varietal. From estate-grown wines to Single Vineyard bottlings, each Pinot Noir reflects the character of its site - Red Hill, Tuerong and beyond - shaped by maritime breezes, ancient soils and meticulous winemaking. Fresh, juicy, and eager to please, this peninsula Pinot pours ruby-red with raspberry sweetness and plenty of fresh young fruit.
Buoyed by bright acidity and spice fragrance this is a very compelling release with finely coating tannins that extend the full length of the palate. The 2021 is an exciting wine to cellar as bouchard pere & fils chassagne-montrachet time will allow the more beguiling aromatic side to reveal itself to the full. This wine is a composition of sections of the original 1988 planting and the 2001 Kaye vineyard.

Join us and support emerging winemakers, sustainable vineyards, and the development of young professionals. Victoria Pun began her career as a speech pathologist, but she was diverted following a tasting in the Yarra Valley. After being offered a casual job opportunity as a cellar door assistant in 2019, her interest in wine deepened, beginning a first role in hospitality that was disrupted by the pandemic. Pun passed the Advanced Sommelier exam with the Court of Master Sommeliers in 2022 while working at Vue de Monde. She is the recipient of the Sommelier Australia Education Scholarship in 2022 and is currently pouring at The Recreation Bistro & Bottleshop. Simon Black is the winemaker at Red Hill’s Montalto, setting up the winery in 2009 and having run it ever since.
We gathered every Mornington pinot noir that we could find and set our expert panel the task of finding the wines that compelled the most. All wines were tasted blind, and each panellist named their top six wines. Below are the wines that made the panellists’ top-six selections from the tasting. A blend of all our estate vineyards plus the St James's vineyard in Uraidla.
Montalto Pinot Noir - a benchmark Mornington Peninsula style; red-fruited, supple, beautifully balanced. Thoughtful and evocative, the Two Paddocks 2024 shows exotic wild herb, red brick and shist derived aromatics. This drives the entry into an enveloping rich, warm, succulent and elegant mouthfeel. The wine is tightly packed and complete, showing tactile finesse and persistence whilst also delivering generosity and enjoyment in its youth. We are committed to supporting independent wine producers who pour their hearts and soul into every bottle.

Dark redcurrant, wild herb, greengage and plum aromatics lead to a rich warmly textured mouthfeel showing great density, drive and length. Wine More Cellars was established in 2019 and is committed to providing a high-quality service and range of products for our customers. With a specialty in European (especially French and Italian) wines as well as the great Australian producers, we also love discovering those hard to get, small batch producers who strive for excellence.
Due to the warmer season, the palate delivers delicious dark fruits and savoury flavours which are complemented by fine-grained tannins. This wine was aged in a blend of new and seasoned French oak barriques for 10 months. Bright and aromatic, the nose delivers raspberry, strawberry and red cherry with savoury spice notes.
Fabiens vinification for this wine is all about capturing finesse fragrance and purity and he has succeeded brilliantly. The Bindi Dixon Pinot Noir is based upon declassified grapes from the Original Vineyard planted in 1988 and grapes from the new Block K, planted in 2001. The ideal of this wine is to produce a delicious, perfumed, spicy harmonious, textured wine that is not as intense, complex nor ageworthy as our individual vineyard wines. Even when the outstanding Block K vines are older we will continue to declassify sections or barrels from each vineyard and produce this wine.

Fresh acidity and polished tannins with a long elegant red fruited finish. “A generosity of fruit that was pure and fresh without leaning into those compote profiles,” she wrote. “Juicy fresh raspberry and pomegranate, refreshing acidity and ripe tannins showcase a delightful purity of fruit. There’s some soft earthy elements and a fine-boned structure, but the beauty of this is its approachability and restraint. Such a generous mid-palate without the sweeter elements, showcasing very good judgment in picking time and handling. Unapologetically delicious.” Nadeson and Buckle had this in second place on their lists.
With nearly 18 months in bottle the rich yet elegant Lily is really staring to show itself. The wine has developed beautifully, the oak has integrated to become a background flavour and the fruit has really begun to sing. Juicy fruit flavours and tannins balancing the wine to the finish. With Secret Bottle, you can say goodbye to predictable choices and hello to a world of exciting possibilities. We handpick a diverse range of wines, meticulously chosen to showcase the unique flavours, regions, and stories that make them exceptional. Our selection process involves rigorous tastings, vineyard visits, and engaging with winemakers to ensure that every bottle we offer reflects our dedication to quality and authenticity.

By choosing Secret Bottle, you are not only expanding your wine collection; you are directly contributing to the sustainability and success of these talented artisans. We believe in fostering long-term partnerships with our featured winemakers, enabling them to continue  crafting exceptional wines for years to come. Explore the finest selection of wines the world has to offer at Wine More Cellars. From rare vintages to new discoveries, we have something for every palate to complement any occasion. Let our exclusively curated selection be a part of your wine appreciation journey. A limited-edition range of fashion-inspired bowling attire and a designated shoe-shine station is on offer so visitors can bowl in style at Chadstone.
He also managed to squeeze in a winemaking degree in his spare time. Since 2003, Nadeson has been focused solely on the estate, farming with biodynamic principles and making wine from home vines, select local vineyards and as far afield as Heathcote, the Pyrenees and Henty. With a generally vaunted reputation, Mornington Peninsula pinot noir is already in an enviable position, even without the significant advantage of tourism that its idyllic location and surrounds encourage. The foundation was laid long ago, and the wines have found their place around the country and indeed around the world, with many estates exporting broadly, albeit often in small quantities.

Voss is your AI wine expert that answers all your questions and guides you to that perfect bottle. The boutique took residence in 2004 inside the former Turkish Bath House inside the coveted Royal Arcade, Melbourne. I ordered this 6 weeks before my husbands birthday and it never arrive. Sue’s interest in the interaction of viticulture and other agriculture - she’s also a champion vegetable-grower! - inspired a focus on specially-selected small parcels of fruit, both at the company’s Coonawarra base and carefully curated from elsewhere in Australia. That generational change is often a collaborative one, with the hard-earned wisdom of the older but still very much active generation working alongside their often very much grown children to drive the quality ever higher.
“As opposed to other Victorian pinot regions, the defining thing is that we’ve got three bodies of water around us,” says Garagiste’s Barnaby Flanders, who has worked in the region for two decades, including at Moorooduc Estate. Like many youthful Australian wine regions, that exploration of site differences and mapping out areas of similarity to identify subregions is a critical one. Also like many regions, the borders employ existing political boundaries, with the edges blurring together, even if the generalities hold true.