Momento Mori /

Since Momento Mori’s inception in the hills of Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, Dane Johns has been making uncompromising wines that show Australian typicity, but also with a keen sense of modern Italian and French winemaking schools. It’s this triangular confluence of inspirations that feeds into each lively bottle from the domaine—lithe and silken reds that recall the Jura in a good vintage, macerations of white grapes that feel Italian, but always with that wild yet elegant eucalyptus-like bouquet that seems to show up in the glass from only Australian soils. I personally have been an avid follower of Momento Mori’s wines since my first taste of Fistful of Flowers in Melbourne years ago, and while Fistful remains the faithful entry level cult cuvée that everybody loves, digging deeper into Dane’s other wines, including the exciting Nikau Farm wing of the project shows a variety of treasures.

In stock now are both the 2020 Nikau Farm red and 2019 white; Pinot Noir and Riesling from Dane and Hannah’s own personal block located just outside of their home—an extremely llmited production that one isn’t likely to see elsewhere in Los Angeles, as well as The Wanderer from 2018—100% Pinot Noir dedicated to a lost friend of Dane’s, and from the same NIkau Farm block, before it was called as such. 



Nikau Farm Tonimbuk Pinot Noir 2020
Pinot Noir
$66



Nikau Farm Tolone Riesling 2019
Riesling (with a touch of Chardonnay)
$60





Momento Mori Fistful of Flowers 2021
Moscato Giallo / Vermentino
$33





Momento Mori The Wanderer 2018
Pinot Noir
$40





Momento Mori Bianco 2021
Fiano / Greco / Chardonnay
$40





Momento Mori Mt. Camel Rosé 2021
Schioppettino
$40