MOMENTO MORI

Gippsland - Victoria - Australia

Dane Johns began his career in the wine industry working with Bill Downie in Victoria and later started his own label using grapes from a few organic growers in his region. At the beginning mainly with Italian varieties such as Fiano, Moscato Giallo and Vermentino that are exalted in this climate. Now he lives and works on a beautiful property with its Pinot Noir and Riesling vineyards, as well as a vegetable garden where his wife Hannah grows products for the family in a truly spectacular location!

All Dane wines are vinified and aged in small containers, the fermentations are strictly spontaneous, very old barrels are used and no mechanical pump, moreover no clarification, filtration and additions of any type are carried out at any stage of vinification or bottling. His philosophy is simple: "I'm just trying to make wines as pure and clean as I can, without adding anything. This includes sulfur. I like the limitations of not using sulphites...I guess it's like growing organically; you immediately ensures that you can only do things gently and in small batches."

Momento Mori wines are full of character, freshness and purity and above all they are very lively!!!