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Wine Country Winery Dromana

Trofeo Estate

The Peninsula's only amphora winery, terracotta-aged Sangiovese, Fiano, and Nebbiolo, and a cellar worth visiting on its own terms.

Known for Amphora Wine AgeingSangiovese and Fiano VarietiesWorking Cellar TourItalian-Varietal Focus

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  1. Dining room at Trofeo Estate with exposed brick walls, bentwood chairs, set tables and a shelf of wine bottles
    Photo · Courtesy of Visit Victoria
  2. Close view of a terracotta amphora stamped with the Trofeo Estate name and a trophy emblem
    Photo · Courtesy of Visit Victoria
  3. A server in a grey apron carrying three plates of shared dishes, including bread and oysters, through the Trofeo Estate dining room
    Photo · Courtesy of Visit Victoria
  4. A staff member laughs while pouring wine for two guests at the brick-walled tasting bar of Trofeo Estate
    Photo · Courtesy of Visit Victoria
  5. A row of large terracotta amphorae with steel lids used for ageing wine, standing on pallets in the Trofeo Estate winery
    Photo · Courtesy of Visit Victoria
  6. A grazing board of roasted fennel, beetroot, dates, grapes, fritters and grated carrot on a timber table
    Photo · Courtesy of Visit Victoria
  7. Trofeo Estate Shiraz aged in terracotta being poured into a wine glass on a polished timber bar
    Photo · Courtesy of Visit Victoria
  8. A smiling waiter serves shared plates and wine to guests at a long table under festoon lights at Trofeo Estate
    Photo · Courtesy of Visit Victoria
  9. Overhead view of diners sharing oysters, scallops, beetroot, bread and glasses of wine at a timber table
    Photo · Courtesy of Visit Victoria
  10. Close view of freshly picked dark red wine grapes piled together, with green stems catching bright sunlight
    Photo · Peter Tarasiuk, courtesy of Visit Victoria
  11. Hands holding a pale green bowl of beetroot, cherry tomato and fruit salad topped with herbs and sprouts
    Photo · Peter Tarasiuk, courtesy of Visit Victoria
  12. Staff member pouring a Trofeo Estate 2017 Blanc de Noir sparkling wine into a glass, with diners blurred behind
    Photo · Courtesy of Visit Victoria
  13. Rosé being poured into a Trofeo Estate branded glass on a timber table, with smiling guests blurred in the background
    Photo · Courtesy of Visit Victoria
  14. Two people sharing a glass of wine in wicker chairs on the lawn at Trofeo Estate, beneath a tree near a dam
    Photo · Courtesy of Visit Victoria
  15. Group of women walking along a gravel drive towards the red-brick cellar door building at Trofeo Estate
    Photo · Courtesy of Visit Victoria
  16. Red-brick Trofeo Estate building with a glazed upper storey, circular gravel drive and hedged garden beds in front
    Photo · Courtesy of Visit Victoria

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Dining room at Trofeo Estate with exposed brick walls, bentwood chairs, set tables and a shelf of wine bottles
Dining room at Trofeo Estate with exposed brick walls, bentwood chairs, set tables and a shelf of wine bottlesTrofeo Estate, Dromana, Mornington Peninsula.Photo · Courtesy of Visit Victoria
Why we’d go

Walking into a Peninsula cellar and finding it lined with terracotta amphora rather than French oak is the kind of small shock that reorients how you think about the region's possibilities.

Trofeo Estate is the Peninsula's one and only amphora winery. The team ages a meaningful portion of the estate's production in terracotta pots rather than oak barrels, and the resulting wines, Sangiovese, Fiano, Nebbiolo, have a textural depth and a savoury edge that nothing else in the region produces. The ancient method sits oddly against the Peninsula's cool-climate reputation and that is exactly why it works: the contrast is the conversation.

Photo · Courtesy of Visit Victoria

The barrel room itself is worth the visit. Stepping into a Peninsula cellar and finding it lined with huge clay amphora rather than the expected rows of French oak is the kind of small shock that reorients how you think about the region's possibilities. The tasting is generous and the team is happy to explain the winemaking in detail, the how and the why of terracotta versus oak.

Book the cellar tour. Taste the Sangiovese and the Fiano back-to-back. Bring home whichever one most surprises you.

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Cellar door visits · Wine lovers · Food lovers · Special occasions

If you only do one thing

Book the cellar tour, stand in the amphora room for a moment before you taste anything, and then work through the Sangiovese and Fiano back-to-back to understand what the terracotta is doing.

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