Circe Wines

Circe is a boutique label from Dan Buckle (of Domain Chandon) and Aaron Drummond (of Craggy Range). It is produced with fruit from the Hillcrest Road vineyard in Red Hill, Australia’s Mornington Peninsula. The vineyard grows Chardonnay and Pinot Noir grapes on deep red volcanic basalt soils.

With Port Phillip Bay to the west, Western Port Bay to the east, and Bass Strait to the south, it’s impossible to miss the predominant influence on viticulture in the Mornington Peninsula. As such, this cool location proves its worth for world-class Pinot Noir.

The Hillcrest Pinot Noir by Circe has rapidly stridden to the front and is now leading quality wine production in the area. It is sourced from a 1.2-hectare site about 2.5 miles from the coast. It was planted in 1993 in a cool, northeast-facing site.