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.

45 year old vines make this one of the oldest pinot vineyards in Victoria. The vines are cane-pruned and grown on weathered granite in a spectacular and isolated location.

No oak and no additions, no manipulation of the must during fermentation were the most important missions for Dane going in to the making of this wine.

100% hand destemmed fruit into a single fermenter, cold soaked and then left for approximately 10 days after ferment began. Pressed to stainless steel where the wine remained until bottling. There was no movement of the tank, no racking, no pumps, no adds at any stage.

A truly elegant & complex wine which has beautiful cohesion and restraint. A fine mineral structure, reflective of the quartz granite it has it’s roots in and the volcanic hills that surround.

This has been resting in bottle now for over 2 years so it is now poised, elegant and ready to go!