Moorooduc Estate

About Moorooduc Estate

Established in 1981 by Richard and Jill McIntyre, Moorooduc Estate is a small, family-run winery that has developed an enviable reputation for complex and food friendly wines. The Moorooduc team now includes daughter Kate (MW, 2010), viticulturist Hugh Robinson, black standard poodle Samwise Gamgee and Reg, the resident peacock.

The core belief at Moorooduc is that the fundamental quality and character of fine wine comes from the vineyard where the grapes are grown. Grapes are sourced from four established vineyards in the Moorooduc sub-region of the Mornington Peninsula. The overall climate in this part of southern Victoria is temperate, with a moderate rainfall, mainly in the winter and spring. The critical ripening period for wine grapes is in the late summer and autumn, which is the most stable season with, in general, cool nights and dry, sunny days.

The main vineyard – McIntyre Vineyard – is five hectares sitting 250 feet above sea level on a gentle north to north-westerly facing slope. The topsoil is very sandy but the subsoil is unusually vine-friendly clay with veins of sand. Deep down in this layer one encounters red colored clay and rock indicating the presence of oxides of iron. Once the vines reach maturity, they require no irrigation, having put their roots deeply into this layer. The oldest vines were planted in 1983. Over recent years, a grafting program created an interesting mix of Pinot Noir clones, some grafted onto original (1983) plantings.

Most of the vines across the Moorooduc vineyards are managed by spur pruning and vertical shoot positioning. During the growing season, the vines receive intensive, hands on attention, which Moorooduc believes is necessary to produce quality fruit in our climate. Shoots are thinned early in the season to achieve ideal shoot density in the canopy. Three pairs of moveable catch wires are lifted progressively to produce a vertical canopy. Trimming is done at least once and leaf plucking on the east side of the canopy is usually undertaken, especially for Pinot Noir. Fine-tuning of crop levels occurs a few weeks before veraison (the phase when the berries soften and color appears in the red grapes), when required. All the fruit is hand harvested and this usually occurs during March.

In the winery, the emphasis is on gentle handling of the fruit and natural wine making methods with some quality control. For the white wines, the freshly picked whole bunches are gravity fed into the press where a program designed for a sparkling wine base is used to separate the juice from the skins, pips and stems. The (cloudy) juice from the press is not settled but transferred to the fermentation vessel – almost always oak barrels. Fermentation occurs naturally (wild yeasts) and the wine remains on lees until it is assembled for final treatments such as fining and bottling. More often than not, a natural malolactic fermentation takes place in barrel.

For the red wines, the whole bunches of grapes are cooled and (usually) de-stemmed but not crushed, and dropped directly into our two-ton open fermenters, thus avoiding the need to pump must. After four to six days of maceration, the primary (wild yeast) fermentation begins. This takes about a week to complete with the temperature peaking at about 93ΒΊ Fahrenheit. A few more days on skins completes a total maceration time of 19-21 days when the new wine is pressed and, after a day or two to settle out the gross lees, it is transferred to barrel. A natural malolactic fermentation occurs in the following spring. The wine is racked only once when it is assembled and prepared for bottling.

Wintery full moon over the vineyard! #vineyard #fullmoon #moorooducestate #staywarm #glassofwine ...

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LAST FEW TICKETS! If you`re a fan of fine food, wines, & whisky, you can`t miss our Summer BBQ Spectacular on Friday 7th July.

We`ll be joined by moorooducestate and waterford for an evening of serious flavour. Accompanied by a whole BBQ Spit-Roast Lamb, we`ll have a line up of beautiful wines presented by Kate MacIntyre MW, plus a BRAND NEW Waterford Irish Single Malt Whisky to show off.

Round up some friends and book your tickets to what might well be the best BBQ you have all summer!

#winetasting #wine #hampshire #whisky #whiskytasting #singlemalt #moorooduc #moorooducestate #waterford #food #tasty
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LAST FEW TICKETS! If you`re a fan of fine food, wines, & whisky, you can`t miss our Summer BBQ Spectacular on Friday 7th July.

We`ll be joined by moorooducestate and waterford for an evening of serious flavour. Accompanied by a whole BBQ Spit-Roast Lamb, we`ll have a line up of beautiful wines presented by Kate MacIntyre MW, plus a BRAND NEW Waterford Irish Single Malt Whisky to show off.

Round up some friends and book your tickets to what might well be the best BBQ you have all summer!

#winetasting #wine #hampshire #whisky #whiskytasting #singlemalt #moorooduc #moorooducestate #waterford #food #tasty
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Friday night Tacos matched with a 2018 Moorooduc Pinot Noir.

#moorooducestate #pinotnoir #tasmanianpinotnoir #coolclimatewines #winelovers #winetime #tacostacostacos
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Our black garlic. Available from #moorooducestate cellar door. Thank you McIntyre family for supporting this little venture.
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Hey dogs! Grab your leads and bring your humans wine tasting at Moorooduc Estate Cellar door. Only well behaved humans and please keep your humans on lead at all times as they might be tempted to chase the cats or the peacock! #dogfriendly #humanfriendly #friendlydogs #friendlyhumans #excellentwines #mpwine #moorooducestate ...

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We are up to the pressing off and filling barrels of red wine part of vintage and isn’t the lovely Millie doing a good job? #moorooducestate #vintage2023 #winemaking #helpfromNZ ...

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Cellar door is open today from 11-5pm and tomorrow (Anzac Day) from midday until 5pm. Just in case you were wondering. #anzacday #openinghours #moorooducestate #winetasting ...

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Nothing like food and wine as incentive to move the day after a 57km walk! πŸ˜‚
(Beach walk lasted less than a minute lol)

#morningtonpeninsula #recoveryday #moorooducestate #weekendsaway #foodwithfriends❀️ #walkeatlive
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Hello Kate! All the way from the Mornington Peninsular`s Moorooduc Estate!

Vintage is well underway in Australia, but Kate kindly took some time out to send a little message to us 😍

Watch this space for more updates... we`ll be checking back in with Kate, and the Moorooduc team, over the next few weeks.

For those of you who love Kate`s wines, she will be joining us in July for our Summer Party! Make sure you pick up your tickets before they sell out https://caviste.co.uk/collections/events/products/caviste_morooduc_party

#caviste #cavistewine #moorooduc #moorooducestate #wineaustralia #australia #morningtonpeninsula
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There is no vintage without coffee! Just one of the many reasons I LOVE shooting at moorooducestate πŸ™ŒπŸ™Œ. Thankyou Richard,..perfect as always!! #coffeetime #vintage #wine #winery #moorooducestate #morning #morningtonpeninsula #photographer #katherinejamison ...

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Premium Pinot Noir does exist at attainable prices ☺️

How? Stay away from Burgundy* and look elsewhere. Like Australia πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ·

You can get something absolutely incredible for around Β£30 -Β£40. Even better, buy a recent vintage, wait 5 - 10 years and you`ll have something super super special.

matthewjukes latest report showcases 100 fine Australian wines coming to the UK in the next 12 months. I was fortunate enough to lunch with him at an Australian Pinot Noir Celebration, and taste through a selection. Here are some examples of my many, many favourites;

🍷Moorooduc Estate Robinson 2020 Pinot Noir, Mornington Peninsula £35 - an absolute candidate for ageing. A delicious meaty Pinot Noir today, give it a few years and it will be even more phenomenal.

🍷Yabby Lake single vineyard 2021, Mornington Peninsula £39.95 - another candidate for ageing. The finish on this was where it shone for me.

🍷Dalrymple 2020 Pinot Noir, Tasmania £29-34 - super perfumed and aromatic. This one drinks really well now.

*I`m not saying Burgundy is bad, I`m saying the premium stuff is pricey! Aus, NZ, Germany are far more attainably priced.

Happy shopping πŸ› 😘

#pinotnoir #wine #redwine #wineaustralia #australianwine #Trivet #MatthewJukes #premiumwine #finewine #luxurywine #morningtonpeninsula #Dalrymple #yabbylake #moorooducestate #dipwset #winelover #winetime yabby_lake moorooducestate dalrymplevineyards
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Afternoon sky and a netted vineyard #vintage #moorooducestate #2023 ...

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