Tuerong
Little known Tuerong lies at the Northern gateway to the Mornington Peninsula. Along with Moorooduc, Tuerong is the warmest part of the Peninsula due to a combination of lower altitude and higher latitude. During summer, the afternoon sea breeze brings in air from across Port Phillip Bay that cools the vines but not to the same extent as the Westernport side.
The Soil
The soils here are sandy loams with poor water holding capacity and in hot years the vines really suffer. Underneath the sand is a layer of clay that traps and holds water, helping in the hot years but can become water logged in wet years, though these have been very few in recent years.
The Wine
The warm and sun drenched vineyards in Tuerong produce wine with great depth of colour and flavour, ripe and rich with drying tannins. This 2018 version shows all those characteristics but as a result of the very dry conditions, is all of these things and more. Plums and spice jump out at you and the palate is rich with firm and very long tannins. The Tuerong is always a powerful and well balanced wine that rewards some cellar time but this year the bones are there for a special wine if you can be patient.
