Dominique Portet 2024 FONTAINE ROSE
GRAPE: Merlot, Cabernet, Shiraz
LOCATION: Yarra Valley, Australia
EYE: Bright salmon
NOSE: Strawberries, peach, watermelon
TASTE: Peach, nectarine, pink grapefruit, strawberries
MATURING: Fermentation in stainless steel
NOTES: One of Australia's first and most successful Provencal-style dry Roses.
GRAPE: Merlot, Cabernet, Shiraz
LOCATION: Yarra Valley, Australia
EYE: Bright salmon
NOSE: Strawberries, peach, watermelon
TASTE: Peach, nectarine, pink grapefruit, strawberries
MATURING: Fermentation in stainless steel
NOTES: One of Australia's first and most successful Provencal-style dry Roses.
GRAPE: Merlot, Cabernet, Shiraz
LOCATION: Yarra Valley, Australia
EYE: Bright salmon
NOSE: Strawberries, peach, watermelon
TASTE: Peach, nectarine, pink grapefruit, strawberries
MATURING: Fermentation in stainless steel
NOTES: One of Australia's first and most successful Provencal-style dry Roses.
ABOUT THE WINERY:
Dominique Portet got his first whiff of wine at one of the world’s most illustrious wine properties: Château Lafite-Rothschild. It was here in Pauillac that his father, André Portet, served as régisseur (vineyard & winery manager). Dominique went on to earn his stripes at Montpellier University of Oenology before perking up morale as wine-buying adviser during compulsory military service. He later spent vintages in the Médoc, Rhône Valley, Provence and with Champagne giant Moët et Chandon, as well as in the Napa Valley at his brother Bernard’s Clos du Val estate.
"I found fragrance and structure – most of all the structure reminds me of Bordeaux. The Yarra has a charm, a beauty that engulfs you. The wines are worldly."
Since 1976 he has been a pioneer of the renaissance of Australia’s cool-climate wine industry, founding renowned sparkling wine house Taltarni in the Pyrenees and Clover Hill in Tasmania.
In 2000 he embarked on his greatest adventure: the Dominique Portet winery in the Yarra Valley.