Ballewindi Pinot Noir 2011
Ballewindi is one of Kooyong’s Mornington Peninsula vineyards. While Kooyong has a reputation for fine Pinot, the Ballewindi is not just for Pinot lovers. Its attractive, silky smooth texture is generous and all too more-ish.
You can’t go wrong with perfumed cherry & raspberry fruit spiced up with some cinnamon oak. It is not all fruit however, there is some dried thyme and mushroom savouriness as well. Elegantly medium bodied with a delicate but lingering finish. Why not try it with pink fish such as Chermoula Salmon.
Date: October 2012 Price: $27 Value: $$ Drink: Now – 3 years
The Moorooduc team are maestros of Pinot in the Mornington Peninsula and this little slinky number is silky and fine after careful nurturing – low yield vines, hand picked, wild yeasts and finally no filtering in keeping with the McIntyre’s minimal intervention policy. 
Current labelling between Pinot Gris and Pinot Grigio can be quite confusing, but this wine is definitely in the Pinot Grigio realm.Firstly, the nose is of nutty pears, apple and is slightly and attractively floral. After a bumpy few of days of extreme heat, the grapes that survived had more optimum ripening conditions and less competition resulting in more concentrated characters. It retains its zippy acid and is refreshingly