Notes:
With three exquisitely picturesque vineyards roughly a ten-minute tractor ride from each other, the eponymous Ten Minutes by Tractor winery makes one sit up and take notice. Hailed as a "five star winery" by James Halliday, the wines regularly feature in the recommendations of Australian wine guru, Huon Hooke, not to mention getting full marks from Jancis Robinson M.W. for their thorough representation of Mornington Peninsula.
The vineyards are located on Main Ridge, the highest part of the region, thus the winery's forte of superbly crafted cool climate Chardonnays and Pinots that show the intense lingering flavours of a long, slow ripening season.
Tasting notes:
''Great colour; a great example of grace and power; fine cherry plum and a touch of game on the bouquet; the palate builds from the start to finish with fine and precise fruit framed by complex aromas and flavours that will gather momentum over the next few years; long luscious and showing velvet-like quality on the finish. ABV 14% - Drink now to 2015". '' 96 Points James Halliday.