Port Phillip Flashcards
This GI is coolest of Victoria state and Port Phillip Zone
Mornington Peninsula (Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, Chardonnay)
Two main soil types of Yarra Valley GI
(Port Phillip zone)
Grey brown sandy loam/red basalt
Port Philip Zone in Victoria surrounds this city and has this climate
Melbourne
maritime
where is Yarra Valley (State, zone)
Victoria (State)
Port Philip (zone)
name of bay bordering Mornington Peninsula and Geelong (Victoria)
Port Phillip Bay
gIs of port Philip
Geelong GI
Macedon Ranges GI
Mornington Peninsula GI
Sunbury GI
Yarra Valley GI
Where did Phylloxera first hit? in Australia
Geelong, Victoria
1877
How is Geelong different climate wise than Yarra Valley and Mornington Peninsula? (Port Phillip Zone)
Warmer
Which is cooler, Yarra Valley or Mornington Peninsula?
Mornington Peninsula
sliver of land to the south of Melbourne that encloses the Port Phillip Bay, is an even cooler, windier region and one of Australia’s most profoundly maritime climates. Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris and Chardonnay thrive; much of the GI is too cool for late-ripening grapes like Cabernet Sauvignon.
Strait to the south of Mornington Peninsula
Bass Strait
Towns of Yarra Valley
Healesville
Lilydale
Mount Evelyn
Coldstream
Who founded “Yering” in Yarra Valley
Ryrie Bros 1838
leased 43,000 acres for grazing
Grapes cultivated in Yering by the Ryrie Borthers
Black Cluster of Hamburg
Sweetwater
Birth of Victorian Viticulture was here
Yering Station East of Melbourne
Who is Hubert de Castella?
Purchased a section of Yering to found St. Huberts in 1862.
Wrote “John Bull’s Vineyard” in 1886, extoling Victorian Wine Industry
When did Phylloxera hit Yarra Valley
2006
What is “Black Saturday” in Victoria
Feb 7 2009
Violent Firestorms
173 deaths
Australia’s worst Natural disaster to date
5% of Yarras vines destroyed
First modern winery established in Yarra Valley
Wantirna Estate
1963
In the 1960s, these regions reemerged in Victoria, and these new regions emerged
Macedon Ranges
Sunbury
Bendigo
Beechworth
Heathcote
New Regions: King Valley and Strathbogie Ranges
Cool Coastal GIs of Victoria
Port Phillip Zone (Yarra Valley GI)
Henty GI
According to James Halliday, what is the “Dress circle of Melbourne?”
Port Phillip Zone
Surrounds the capital city and encircles the Port Phillip Bay (the shallow, collapsed delta of the Yarra River)
What is “The Rip” of Port Phillip Zone?
A small channel about 2 miles wide connecting the Port Phillip Bay with the Bass Strait and the Southern Ocean
Cooled by “southwesterlies” chilling winds from the polar latitudes
Climate of Port Phillip Zone
Meditteranean
Though All five of the regions zones are classified as region I or II in Winkler’s Scale
What feature keeps Macedon Ranges GI (Port Phillip Zone) cool
Elevation
Winemaker for Oakridge in Yarra Valley
David Bicknell
Major Producers of Yarra Valley
established in 1970s
Yarra Yering
Mount Mary
Chateau Yarrinya (De Bortoli owned ‘87)
These two Yarra Valley wineries were original sectors of the original Yering Station property
Yeringberg
St. Hubert’s
Back on line by 1975
James Halliday founded this winery in the mid 1980s in Yarra Valley
Coldstream Hills
Most planted grapes of Yarra Valley
Pinot Noir
Followed by
Chardonnay
(75% of Yarra’s acreage)
Yarra Valley Pinot tends to be this compared with Otago
Lighter and Leaner
Two sectors of Yarra Valley GI
Warmer “Lower Yarra Valley” in North
Cooler “Upper Yarra Valley” in South
Soiltype of Lower Yarra Valley
Ancient Sandy Loam
Soiltype of Upper Yarra Valley
Younger red basalt
Clones of Pinot Noir commonly planted in Yarra Valley
667
777
MV6 (a “mother vine” selection Busby brought into country 1831 from Clos Vougeot)
This GI divides the Port Phillip Bay from the Bass Strait
Mornington Peninsula
Two main regions of Mornington Peninsula GI
**Red Hill **(“up the hill” ,near peninsula’s Western tip, cooler climate)
“Down the hill” Northeastern area near Moorooduc (southern Suburb of Melbourne)
Main Grape of Mornington Peninsula GI
Pinot Noir (85% of grape acreage)
in this year, Geelong GI was declared “phylloxera free”
2012
Leading producers of Geelong GI
By Farr
Bannockburn
Driest and warmest GI in the Port Phillip Zone
Geelong
Three unofficial subregions of Geelong
Surf Coast/Otways
the Bellarine
Moorabool Valley
These two GI regions of Port Phillip Zone extend Northward from Melbourne
Sunbury
Macedon Ranges (400-600m elevation, highest in Port Phillip Zone)
Coolest region on the Australian Mainland
Macedon Ranges GI
(Port Phillip Zone)
Most recognizeable producer of Macedon Ranges GI
Bindi Wine Growers (sparkling and still wines)
