2020: The 2019/2020 growing season dealt significantly challenging conditions in our vineyards, and for the third year in a row a hot, windy November decimated crop levels. The 2019 calendar year was the driest on record for the Nuriootpa weather station, and this, in combination with consistent, dry wind, led to the lowest yields we have experienced for close to …
2010: In 2009 we had conditions that suited our style of winemaking perfectly and it was always going to be a difficult vintage to follow. However 2010 delivered in spades with the Shiraz actually producing what we consider to be higher quality wine than that of 2009. The 2009 wines are bright, fresh and ‘red’ while the 2010 wines tend …
2003: My first official vintage in the Barossa was a window into the weather patterns of our unique region. A dry spring fed into a hot summer resulting in lower yields, particularly in the Shiraz vineyards. A very hot January threatened to have a bearing on the harvest, however, 80mm of rain in 24 hours in February gave the vineyards …
Reflecting on the seasons we are releasing the new wines from, and it seems like we were making wine in a completely different region! 2022 and 2023 were both cool seasons in the heart of a wet period, where the Barossa seemed alive and lush. During the period between the start of 2020 and the end of 2024 we did …
The Barossa Valley continues to prove its calibre for high-quality harvests. Recent cool harvests allow us to create pure, energetic, balanced wines and give us the flexibility in the winery to schedule perfect picking dates and gentle, controlled maceration. 2023 was a great harvest with excellent vineyard health and fruit condition with superb wines released from this vintage. The Wines …
The 2021 harvest was a belter, the weather was perfect and the winemaking was almost effortless. The fruit was in immaculate condition in the winery, and the harvest ambled along without stress. Winemakers in general are renowned for talking up every harvest, but 2021 is genuinely a once in a decade vintage, particularly for these top end wines. It is …
We regularly reach for Italian varieties from our cellar, which led us to plant Aglianico in the Barossa Valley 14 years ago. Now as the roots of this vineyard settle into the famed soils of the Northern Barossa Valley, the wine we produce from it becomes more akin to those from our Northern Hemisphere peers. We release to you our …
Over recent years, the Barossa Valley has experienced an incredible run of very high-quality harvests, and each displays a core of vibrant, fresh, and bright energy that is a hallmark of cooler conditions. These traits are perfect for Spring drinking, and are particularly important to showcase the varietal characteristics of Grenache and Mataro, that we are now releasing from the …
Whilst 2020 was a rough year for everyone, the silver lining from this difficult year was the exceptional quality of wine produced albeit in very limited supply. Frost and windy conditions in the Spring along with an uncharacteristically hot, dry and windy December lead to poor fruit set and significantly reduced crops. Whilst we were staring down a difficult growing …
It is no secret that I have been bullish regarding the quality of the 2021 wines that we have made. In near-perfect conditions, fruit flavour and ripeness developed early, allowing us to pick fruit with lower sugar and higher natural acidity than any time I can remember. The fruit was in immaculate condition in the winery, and the harvest ambled …
