Profile - Sandro Mosele.
Sandro Mosele is the General Manager and Winemaker for Kooyong and Port Phillip Estate
Sandro Mosele completed a Degree of Biological Sciences with Honours in Genetics at La Trobe University in 1989. His honours project was studying DNA variability of the Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) genes in koala populations. From 1990 to 1995 he looked after a small vineyard planted to Cabernet and Chardonnay. In 1995 Sandro began studying a Degree of Applied Science – Oenology at Charles Sturt University by correspondence, and completed it in 1999.
Sandro became Winemaker at Kooyong in 1996. Port Phillip Estate wines are now made by Sandro as well. Sandro’s philosophy on winemaking and viticulture is that the wine should reflect the region,the variety and the site where it is grown.The viticulture should stress purity and ripeness of the fruit which can only be achieved through low yields and detailed canopy management.The winemaking process then focuses on preserving the above characteristics.The wine should also be driven by texture and balance as well as exhibiting the imprint of the winemaker on the wine.
