Beyond Burgundy: The New World finds its way with Pinot Noir and Chardonnay
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From big-fruit ‘varietal wines’ to joyless Burgundy-lite pastiches, the New World has taken a while to get its head around Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. But there is a third way – and it’s working.
"Weak at the knees and struggling to form a sentence"
We've got a small team that helps massage every bud, pluck every leaf and sort every grape. We also love sharing on our team email group the reviews that flow through from those in the know.
We were delighted to learn our 2017 A1 made the entrepreneurial, media maven Yvonne Lorkin "weak at the knees" - read her full review.
2017 Vintage - A year of viticulture on the edge
We had to draw on nerves of steel and the experience of the 2014 harvest to understand the cool conditions. Were it not for the tiny yields we would not have achieved the density of flavour these wines show. Our job then was not to bugger it up.
Totally Paloozed
Our year is ending on an intoxicating high - the great disrupter Dan Sims told us the other night that we had won Peoples Choice for the entire 2018 Pinot Palooza Tour. That is the knock down, stand out highlight of our young life as a winegrower and let me explain.