Tasting Profile
May 2026
This single-block wine is sourced from just 0.7 ha of 26-year-old gently sloping Chardonnay vines within the 2.76 ha Farrago block. The mottled appearance of the clay soil in the Farrago block is caused by a high percentage of ironstone pebbles, much like the Ferrous vineyard. This siliceous influence helps infuse the resulting wines with linearity and minerality.
Aromas of pink grapefruit and mandarin pith rise from the glass, layered with notes of buttered pastry, fresh dough, exotic spice and delicate white flowers. Flecks of flint, sea spray and subtle oak add nuance and complexity, lending further intrigue to the bouquet.
The palate is vibrant and expressive, driven by concentrated citrus fruit and layers of crisp apple and white peach. A generous mid-palate unfolds with mealy texture and finely integrated phenolics, bringing both depth and structure. Bright acidity is seamlessly woven through the wine, providing energy, precision and a strong sense of line. The finish is long, saline and persistent, carrying impressive flavour intensity and mineral detail.
While entering its drinking window now this wine can be enjoyed with medium to long term cellaring.
13.5%
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Reviews
JancisRobinson.com, May 2026
Tamlyn Currin
Farrago comes from a 0.7-ha parcel within a 2.8-ha, north-facing block on clay soils with a high percentage of ironstone pebbles. Spontaneous fermentation in mostly used oak barrels of different sizes and aged on lees for just under a year. The scent of jacaranda blossom after a storm, of marmalade from bitter oranges simmering on the stove. Mineral-riven fruit creating a sense of stern structure spliced into horizontals and verticals with subterranean depth. Whereas Faultline, in 2024 at least, seems to have its face to the sun, Farrago looks to the stones. But I can taste, too, the creaminess of oatmeal and toasted hemp hearts. And white peaches. It might be chiselled, but it’s far from a hard-hearted wine.
17.5/20 points
The WineFront, June 2026
Campbell Mattinson
This wine is juicy and substantial and delicious to drink. It tastes of stone fruit, cedarwood, woodsmoke and tonic water, with a creamy vanilla aspect hovering throughout, the hover particularly apparent on the nose. Everything here is done satisfyingly and well. There’s a steely almost makrut-lime leaf character through the aftertaste, pleasingly. Lovely wine. Gold medal standard.
94 points
Wine Pilot, July 2026
Jeni Port
Maybe it’s the high percentage of ironstone in the soil of the Farrago block, but there is something quite mineral, effortlessly bright and sunny about this wine. Brings attractive Peninsula Chardonnay qualities to bear – ripe stone fruits, citrus, lime, spring flowers and white florals to the aroma intertwined with baked bread, biscuit scents, almond meal and nutty hazelnut. That lovely nuttiness continues on the palate leading into layers of white peach, nectarine intensity with a lively citrus freshness and some deeper leesy, bready notes with biscotti. Beautifully composed, compact and assured and so fresh and summery with a lively acidity in constant play.
95 points
The Vintage
The Vineyard
The Kooyong vineyard is located on the Mornington Peninsula at Tuerong, on Miocene sedimentary soils. Our wines are made from domain grown, handpicked grapes and aim to manifest terroir: the integration of our geology and soils with the macroclimate of our region, the mesoclimates of the various sites within our vineyard and the weather of the annual grape growing season. Our cultural operations in the vineyard and practices in the winery endeavour to articulate these unique characteristics diligently, respectfully and without artifice.