One of our to-do in Australia, and with Australia being a wine producing country, is to visit a vineyard and sample some wines. We had the opportunity to do so in Mornington. On our way to our AirBnb, we passed by a few vineyards.
After doing some searches on Google, we decided to visit Red Hill Estate first. We reached there after lunch time and hence, we were like the last customers for the wine sampling. Another small group had just finished their session when we arrived.
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| Red Hill Estate vineyard |
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| view from the carpark |
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| at Red Hill Estate |
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| vineyard |
The estate is beautiful. We spent some minutes in the freezing wind to take some photos.
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| can see the sea from here |
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| let's go sample some wine |
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| Cellar Door |
We were in a group of 4, and all are recommended to have the same wine for the tasting. Took the AUD10 per pax package where one gets to sample 6 different glasses of wine.
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| let's begin |
We started with 2017 Blanc de Blancs. Lovely pale straw in colour, refreshing and crisp tasting. Mildly fruity with hints of lemon and apples.
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| 2017 Blanc de Blancs |
Next, was the 2019 Cellar Door Release Chardonnay. A fuller/rounder taste when compared to the Blanc de Blancs. Nice.
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| 2019 Cellar Door Release Chardonnay |
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| 2020 Merricks Grove Pinot Noir |
The 2020 Merricks Grove Pinot Noir was interesting...Its profile had described it as "sweet pungent Christmas spices of nutmeg, clove and cinnamon on the nose" and indeed, I was overwhelmed by clove. Pretty strong, I must say. This was the only one that I didn't finish.
Let's try something familiar, so we went for the 2020 Cellar Door Release Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon. Balanced with juicy plum notes.
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| 2020 Cellar Door Release Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon |
Then, we ended with the 2018 Late Harvest Pinot Gris as it is the sweetest of the lot.
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| 2018 Late Harvest Pinot Gris |
Sweet and jammy, with floral honey hints. Good as dessert wine.
The staff who attended to us was friendly and cheerful. She was delightful and the ambiance was really casual. Although we were the last in the shop, she didn't rush us through and allowed us to pace ourselves. But of course, we drank pretty quickly too. Started at about 230pm and were done by 3pm. Hahaa!
Guess which wine we bought home...hahaa, did you guess it correctly?
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| 2021 Cellar Door Release Rose @AUD34 per bottle |
Thank you Ivan, Tracy and Hence for the experience!
Red Hill Estate
Address: 53 Shoreham Rd, Red Hill South VIC 3937, Australia
Website: https://www.redhillestate.com.au/
Contact: +61 3 5989 2838
Business Hours:
Daily: 11AM–5PM
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