Southern Light Vineyards, Ghostgum Pinot Noir and Chardonnay
Ghostgum Vineyard
Our first releases from Southern Light Vineyards come from Ghostgum Vineyard in Main Ridge, Mornington Peninsula.
Ghostgum Vineyard is planted on a gentle, east-facing slope in Main Ridge, one of the highest elevation growing areas of the Mornington Peninsula. Here we farm 5.5 hectares of mature Pinot Noir and Chardonnay vines. Our first vintage at Ghostgum came from the 2021 season.
The vineyard soils are red ferrosols – deep, friable, and porous red soils that can also retain enough water to avoid having to use irrigation. These soils are basalt derived where the odd ‘buckshot’ chunk of ironstone can still be found.
INTERNATIONAL JUDGES TROPHY & GOLD MEDAL WINNER
- 2022 GHOSTGUM CHARDONNAY, VICTORIAN WINE SHOW
"THE AURA OF AN EXCEPTIONAL SITE AND A DEFT HAND IN THE CELLAR"
- CHARDONNAY, 96 POINTS, NED GOODWIN MW
"A WINE OF CLASS AND CHARACTER"
- PINOT NOIR, 95 POINTS, KEN GARGETT
"A DELICIOUS MIX OF POWER AND COMPLEXITY"
- CHARDONNAY, 95 POINTS, ANGUS HUGHSON
"THIS HAS THE TEXTURE, FLAVOUR, AND LENGTH TO THRILL"
- CHARDONNAY, 94 POINTS, CAMPBELL MATTINSON
"IT'S SUCH AN INTRIGUING WINE"
- PINOT NOIR, 93 POINTS, JANE FAULKNER
"EXCEPTIONAL WINE"
- CHARDONNAY, 96 POINTS, RAY JORDAN
"IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO MISS THE DEAD SERIOUS INTENTIONS HERE"
- PINOT NOIR, 94 POINTS, ANDREW GRAHAM