Appellation

Mornington Peninsula

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About Mornington Peninsula

The Mornington Peninsula is an Australian wine region located south of Melbourne, Victoria. The region has a cool climate making wine growing ideal and focuses on Pinot noir production but has had success with other varietals including Chardonnay, Pinot gris and Tempranillo. The region is known for its medium bodied, dry wines and sparkling wines that show structure and complexity. The still wine versions of Chardonnay reflect a diversity of styles, all typically oaked, from more citrus to more tropical fruit flavours.

From the Wikipedia article Mornington Peninsula wine region, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Mornington Peninsula is an appellation in Victoria (Australia), Australia. We track 11 of its wines in stock at 7 shops, from 2 wine houses, from € 28.64; mostly red, white.

At a glance
Country
Australia
Region
Victoria (Australia)
In our wines
Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Pinot Gris
Styles
Red 7 · White 4
Prices
from € 28.64 · median € 33.42 / 75 cl

Vintages

per year: wines in stock, prices, and the critics' scores the shops quote
VintageWinesFromMedian / 75 clCritics' scoreGrowing season
2026––––average ±0.0 °C · 1,370 GDD · 101 % rain
20251€ 28.64€ 28.64–hot +1.3 °C · 1,647 GDD · 80 % rain
20242€ 33.42€ 37.05–averagewetdry harvest +0.4 °C · 1,466 GDD · 133 % rain
20232€ 32.25€ 46.61–averagewetwet harvest ±0.0 °C · 1,371 GDD · 157 % rain
20221€ 32.25€ 32.25–average +0.3 °C · 1,433 GDD · 120 % rain
20211€ 62.22€ 62.22–averagewetwet harvest −0.2 °C · 1,327 GDD · 158 % rain
20201€ 55.20€ 55.20–coolwetwet harvest −0.5 °C · 1,281 GDD · 156 % rain
20192€ 32.29€ 38.14–warm +0.9 °C · 1,566 GDD · 72 % rain
20181€ 32.29€ 32.29–hot +1.1 °C · 1,601 GDD · 90 % rain
2017––––average +0.2 °C · 1,415 GDD · 107 % rain
2016––––warm +0.8 °C · 1,554 GDD · 78 % rain
2015––––average ±0.0 °C · 1,372 GDD · 91 % rain
2014––––average +0.2 °C · 1,422 GDD · 90 % rain
2013––––warmdry +0.5 °C · 1,492 GDD · 64 % rain
2012––––warm +0.6 °C · 1,512 GDD · 124 % rain
2011––––averagewet −0.1 °C · 1,366 GDD · 166 % rain
2010––––warm +0.9 °C · 1,566 GDD · 104 % rain
2009––––average −0.2 °C · 1,332 GDD · 77 % rain
2008––––average +0.4 °C · 1,460 GDD · 83 % rain
2007––––averagedry +0.2 °C · 1,419 GDD · 55 % rain
2006––––warm +0.5 °C · 1,482 GDD · 97 % rain
2005––––average −0.1 °C · 1,365 GDD · 113 % rain
2004––––cool −0.5 °C · 1,262 GDD · 86 % rain
2003––––average −0.1 °C · 1,352 GDD · 71 % rain
2002––––cool −0.6 °C · 1,245 GDD · 103 % rain
2001––––warmwet harvest +0.8 °C · 1,534 GDD · 124 % rain
2000––––warm +0.6 °C · 1,496 GDD · 82 % rain
1999––––average −0.2 °C · 1,336 GDD · 108 % rain
1998––––average −0.3 °C · 1,303 GDD · 87 % rain
1997––––averagedry −0.4 °C · 1,295 GDD · 56 % rain
1996––––cold −1.3 °C · 1,105 GDD · 123 % rain
1995––––coolwet harvest −0.6 °C · 1,258 GDD · 121 % rain
1994––––cool −0.9 °C · 1,178 GDD · 121 % rain
1993––––averagewet −0.2 °C · 1,333 GDD · 130 % rain
1992––––cool −0.7 °C · 1,219 GDD · 91 % rain
1991––––average −0.3 °C · 1,308 GDD · 99 % rain
1990––––average +0.1 °C · 1,402 GDD · 98 % rain
1989––––warmwet harvest +0.5 °C · 1,473 GDD · 125 % rain
1988––––average +0.1 °C · 1,393 GDD · 86 % rain
1987––––cold −1.1 °C · 1,139 GDD · 114 % rain
1986––––averagedry harvest −0.3 °C · 1,323 GDD · 105 % rain
1985––––average −0.1 °C · 1,354 GDD · 85 % rain
1984––––averagewet harvest −0.3 °C · 1,312 GDD · 109 % rain
1983––––averagewet harvest −0.1 °C · 1,347 GDD · 72 % rain
1982––––warm +0.5 °C · 1,477 GDD · 86 % rain

Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Mornington Peninsula's 1991–2020 normal (hot: 1 °C or more above, warm: 0.5 °C, cool/cold below), growing degree days (warmth for the vines, base 10 °C) and rain against normal, with the harvest month (September/March) flagged when very wet or dry. Monthly data from NASA POWER (MERRA-2) at one point in the appellation. The current year is compared with the same months of a normal year (“so far”); its latest months are preliminary and revised by NASA later.

Critics' score: the average of the best 100-point score quoted for each wine of that vintage, as the shops quote them. A few quoted wines make a thin average; the number of wines is in brackets.

Wine houses

Paringa Estate 3 · Entropy Wines 1

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