Ten Minutes By Tractor is about place. They're defined by place, their name hints at space and time but actually links three places. Their greatest expression is their place.
Three vineyards, only ten minutes by tractor apart in space and time, but separated by aspect and altitude, by slope and soil, by the winds which flow through the valleys running south into Bass Strait. Cool places. Elegant places. Places defined, in their minds, by the wines they make.
The elegance and vibrant acidity of Wallis; the elegance and power of McCutcheon; the alluring aromatics and fine structure of Judd. Each intimately linked to their place.
What fascinates is the consistent thread emerging from each - whether Pinot Noir or Chardonnay; a consistency of place. What fascinates are the differences - a few kilometres is a world apart.
And the journey goes on and the learning goes on and the understanding grows - about place.