2024 Onannon Mornington Peninsula Pinot Noir

Place: Mornington Peninsula, VIC

Variety: Pinot Noir

Farming: Sustainable

Onannon is three people with one goal. The people are Sam Middleton, Kaspar Hermann and Will Byron, each of whom contributed the last letters of their surname to make Onannon. A friendship rooted in winemaking studies and a shared love for Pinot Noir and Chardonnay blossomed during their time at Coldstream Hills in the Yarra Valley in the early 2000s.

Fruit comes off seven sites across the peninsula, some of which make up the single-vineyard wines, and this very much the sum of its parts. It’s excellent. Aromatic, enticing, savoury and spicy, full of cherries and pips, Middle Eastern spices, a hint of mint and just a skerrick of oak. Medium bodied, laced with supple tannins and mouth-watering acidity. It fits the bill perfectly for a drink-now pinot.