What started as a part time job to earn a few dollars during his university days turned into a committed obsession. Michael worked in the family owned winery, Kooyong, spending time out in the vineyard, in the winery and on the road and the net result was a desire to make this his career.Following the sale of Kooyong Michael went into business with his parents to form Ocean Eight taking on the role of Winemaker and General Manager.To complete ...
They developed a purpose built, gravity fed winery with an underground barrel room into old horse stables in the back roads of Upper Shoreham. Mike Aylward farms the Chardonnay and Pinot Noir vineyard over the hill in the Dromana area, which provides fertile slopes looking out over Port Phillip Bay, off which it enjoys gentle, cooling breezes during the growing season. The vines were planted in 1999 on well draining sandy, loam soils.
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Chardonnay on the Mornington is always characterized by high-pitched acidity, and Mike takes advantage of this style, regularly being amongst the first to harvest his Chardonnay fruit. By harvesting earlier in the ripening period Mike’s Chardonnay maintain Riesling-like acidity and hit on an array of citrus tones. There is a reductive, flint, matchstick like influence through Mikes Chardonnay, the oak is always old French and the wines are tig...
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