Nikau Farm is a 95 acre property in the Baw Baw region of Gippsland is home to Dane (of Momento Mori Wines fame) and his family. The property has two 0.75h plots of vines on it, both about 35 years old.  Neither of these plots (or the farm as a whole) have ever been subjected to herbicides, inorganic fertilizer or the like and have been farmed organically since they were planted with a philosophy of ‘less is more’.

Adjusting over 15 years of wine making and 6 vintages out of this site have led to these bottles.

The fruit was picked early morning while still fresh and cool and was then immediately hand sorted and hand destemmed into an open tub. It then rested overnight in our cool room until the next morning when it was pulled out and pressed so the cool juice could begin a slow ferment.

Elevage was in a small 500L stainless steel tank for 10 months after which it was bottled by hand off of full solids. It has since had more than 2 years resting in bottle and is a very resolved wine. It is a beautiful translucent pink in colour and has a wildly complex nose. It has so many similarities with the Pinot Home Block, it’s quite serious really with great structure and layer upon layer of complexity.