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Who Is Behind Momento Mori?
Momento Mori is Dane and Hannah Johns, working in Victoria, Australia. Dane came to wine sideways: he was an electronic musician and a barista before learning the craft alongside Australian natural wine names Adam Marks and Bill Downie, and a stint in the Jura left its mark on everything he makes.
The first Momento Mori wine was Staring at the Sun, released in 2015. Dane says he started making wine on a quest to make wines exactly like that one, and a decade later it has a cult following in Australia and well beyond.
Home is Nikau Farm, a property of around 38 hectares in the Baw Baw area of Gippsland, on ranges known to the Traditional Owners as Tolone. The family farms two small blocks there, each about three quarters of a hectare and around 35 years old: the Nikau block of Pinot Noir across several clones on their own roots, and the Tolone block of Riesling with a little Chardonnay. Everything is worked largely by hand, and no herbicides or synthetic inputs have ever been used.
For most of the Momento Mori range, Dane buys fruit from growers he trusts across Victoria, above all the Chalmers family's vineyards on the slopes of Mt Camel in Heathcote.
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Who makes Momento Mori wines?
Dane and Hannah Johns, in Victoria, Australia. Dane released the first Momento Mori wine, Staring at the Sun, in 2015, after working with Adam Marks and Bill Downie.
Where is Momento Mori based?
The family lives on Nikau Farm in the Baw Baw area of Gippsland, Victoria, where they farm two small blocks of their own. Most Momento Mori fruit comes from growers in Heathcote, especially Mt Camel.
What is the most famous Momento Mori wine?
Staring at the Sun, the skin-contact blend of Vermentino, Fiano and Moscato Giallo, is the flagship. Fistful of Flowers and Etc Etc also have cult followings.
Do Momento Mori wines contain sulphur?
Most are bottled with no added sulphur. Occasionally Dane adds a very small amount at bottling, for example 10ppm on the Nikau Pinot Noir 2024.
What grapes does Momento Mori use?
Mostly Italian varieties grown in Victoria: Fiano, Vermentino, Moscato Giallo, Nosiola, Schioppettino, Nero d'Avola, Grillo, Ribolla Gialla, Sangiovese and Lambrusco, plus Syrah, Pinot Noir, Riesling and Chardonnay.
What is the difference between Momento Mori and Nikau Farm?
Momento Mori is Dane's main label, mostly from bought-in Victorian fruit. Nikau Farm is the family's own label, from their home blocks of Pinot Noir and Riesling with some Chardonnay, plus Tonimbuk Granite from Dane's Tonimbuk site.
