KOOYONG
Kooyong is a Mornington Peninsula estate at Tuerong, planted in 1996 to Pinot Noir and Chardonnay with smaller parcels of Pinot Gris and Shiraz. The 40-hectare vineyard sits at 100–120 metres on well-drained, low-vigour sedimentary clay loams, and a geological fault runs through it: on one side the soil is mottled clay full of ironstone pebbles, on the other it turns to deep clay. That split is the reason Kooyong bottles its blocks separately.
Kooyong belongs to the Gjergja family alongside Port Phillip Estate on Red Hill, where both labels are made and poured. Tim Perrin has been head winemaker since 2023, working with wild fermentation, little new oak and no fining or filtration on the single-block wines.
The range runs from the Clonale and Massale entry wines through the Estate Chardonnay and Pinot Noir to the single blocks: Faultline and Farrago for Chardonnay; Haven, Ferrous, Meres and Nord for Pinot Noir. The 2024 Faultline was awarded 98 points by Jane Faulkner and named 2027 Halliday Wine Companion Chardonnay of the Year.
Wine More Cellars stocks Kooyong at Chadstone, Melbourne, with delivery Australia-wide.
