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Riesling – Polish Hill River
Riesling – Polish Hill River
Variety: RieslingVintage: 2021Region: Clare / Polish Hill RiverVineyard: Hill River
Basic Viti Info: Planted in 2000 on a Grey brown loam on shale and sandy limestone. Vines are planted N-S at an elevation of 460m.
Conventionally farmed vineyard.Winemaking: fruit harvested in the cool of the morning, destemmed, crushed then pressed. The free run juice is fractioned, settled and fermented cool until dryness.
3.00 | 9.4 g/l TA | 2.4 g/l RS | 10.2%
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Riesling – Watervale
Riesling – Watervale
Variety: RieslingVintage: 2021Region: Clare / WatervaleVineyard: GullyView / Kloock
Basic Viti Info: GullyView: 2001 plantings on a red loamy clay over limestone site. Vines are planted E-W on a southerly aspect, at an elevation of 400m. Conventional viticulture.
Kloock: 90s plantings on a light brown loam over limestone. N-S row orientation on a mild easterly aspect, elevation approx. 420m. Conventional viticulture.Winemaking: fruit is destemmed, crushed then pressed. Settled juice is fermented with selected yeast. Fermented until dry, the wine is then clarified and bottled.
2.98 | 9.3 g/l TA | 2.9 g/l RS | 11.6%
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Riesling – Ruchioch
Riesling – Ruchioch
Variety: RieslingVintage: 2021Region: Clare / Polish Hill RiverVineyard: Smith Family Ruchioch Block
Basic Viti Info: Planted in 2000 on a grey sandy loam on shale and limestone. Vines are planted E-W at an elevation of 465m.
NASAA organically certified vineyard.Winemaking: fruit harvested in the cool of the morning, destemmed, crushed then pressed. The free run juice is fractioned, settled and fermented cool until dryness.
3.00 | 10.0 g/l TA | 2.8 g/l RS | 11.6%
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Chardonnay
Chardonnay
Variety: ChardonnayVintage: 2019Region: Adelaide Hills / Piccadilly ValleyVineyard: Piccadilly Vineyard
Basic Viti Info: Mendoza clone Chardonnay planted in 1987, 490m elevation.
Winemaking: fruit was hand picked, whole-bunch pressed, straight into neutral oak for fermentation and maturation. Post fermentation the wine remained in oak for 24 months before being racked and bottled.
3.21 | 5.70 g/l TA | NEG g/l RS | 13.6%
228 bottles made.
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Arneis
Arneis
Variety: ArneisVintage: 2021Region: Adelaide Hills / KuitpoVineyard: Yacca Paddock
Basic Viti Info: Planted in 2000 sandy on friable clay.
Conventionally farmed vineyard.Winemaking: fruit was hand picked, whole-bunch pressed, split between 85% stainless inoculated fermentation and 15% neutral barrique indigenous fermentation. Once dry the wine was stabilised and bottled.
3.10 | 6.78 g/l TA | NEG g/l RS | 12.9%
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Cabernet franc
Cabernet franc
Variety: Cabernet FrancVintage: 2020Region: Clare / Polish Hill RiverVineyard: Smith Vineyard
Basic Viti Info: Grey brown loam on shale and sandy limestone.
NASAA certified organic vineyard.Winemaking: Hand-picked, destemmed and crushed. Fermented on skins for 4 days before pressing. Pressed and racked once post malo, 6 months in neutral French barrique.
3.56 | 5.74 g/l TA | NEG g/l RS | 13.3%
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Shiraz / Mataro
Shiraz / Mataro
Variety: 78% Shiraz / 22% MataroVintage: 2020Region: Clare / SpringfarmVineyard: Adelina / McDowell-Brown
Basic Viti Info: Predominantly from vines planted between 1904 and 1920’s. Typically red sandy sites on clay base, slate and limestone predominate as well. 460m elevation. All within a close proximity of the Adelina Estate vineyard.
Adelina blocks 3, 7, 8 and 9, planted in 2013 are ACO certified organic at an elevation between 460 and 480m.
McDowell-Brown Vineyard grown with organic practices although not certified.Winemaking: destemmed/50% berries crushed, co-fermented in concrete, maceration between 13 and 25 days. 8 months in 700l neutral oak..
3.55 | 5.93 g/l TA | NEG RS | 13.9%
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Estate Field Blend
Estate Field Blend
Variety: Field blendVintage: 2020Region: Clare / SpringfarmVineyard: Adelina Block 1
Basic Viti Info: a block originally planted in 1976 to Cabernet, on a lean grey sandy loam, with a bedrock sandstone base. We grafted this across in 2015 to a randomised block of Shiraz, Grenache, Mataro, Ugni blanc, Roussanne and Carignan.
ACO certified organic vineyard.Winemaking: hand-picked, fruit is detemmed and mildly crushed, fermentation and maceration for 8 days before being pressed to neutral French oak. Maturation time 6 months before bottling.
3.55 | 5.35 g/l TA | NEG g/l RS | 13.1%
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Estate Grenache
Estate Grenache
Variety: GrenacheVintage: 2020Region: Clare / SpringfarmVineyard: Adelina Block 2
Basic Viti Info: a 2 acre block of 80+ year old vines planted on a grey sandy loam.
ACO certified organic vineyard.Winemaking: destemmed/50% berries crushed, fermented in concrete, maceration 20 days. 6 months in 700l neutral oak.
3.57 | 5.20 g/l TA | 13.8%
1614 bottles made.SOLD OUT -
Estate Shiraz
Estate Shiraz
Variety: ShirazVintage: 2020Region: Clare / SpringfarmVineyard: Adelina Block 4
Basic Viti Info: Vines of about 100 years old, beset red sand, mild clay, slate and limestone on a clay base. 460m elevation.
ACO certified organic vineyard.Winemaking: destemmed/50% berries crushed, fermented in concrete, maceration 29 days. 10 months in 700l neutral oak.
3.54 | 5.96 g/l TA | 13.0%
1,008 bottles made.SOLD OUTMaximum purchase of 12 bottles.
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Dolcetto / Barbera Rosato
Dolcetto / Barbera Rosato
Variety: Dolcetto / BarberaVintage: 2019Region: Adelaide Hills / AshtonVineyard: Ceravolo
Basic Viti Info: Dolcetto and Barbera planted in 2006 on dark grey silt and sandy loam on sandstone.
Conventionally farmed vineyards.Winemaking: Fruit is hand-picked, destemmed and crushed before being filled into a concrete fermenter by gravity. 2 barriques of juice are saigneed after 30 hours. That juice is then fermented, with indigenous yeast and left to sit quietly with in the same neutral barriques they started their life out as juice in, for 6 months, it is filtered and bottled.
3.40 | 6.40 g/l TA | NEG g/l RS | 13.1%
732 bottles produced.
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Eternal Return Dolcetto
Eternal Return Dolcetto
Variety: DolcettoVintage: 2018Region: Adelaide Hills / AshtonVineyard: Ceravolo
Basic Viti Info: Dolcetto planted in 2006 on dark grey silt and sandy loam on sandstone.
Conventionally farmed vineyards.Winemaking: fruit was hand picked, destemmed and fermented with Selected yeast. Maceration for 10 days. Post pressing the wine was racked to large format oak for 10 months for maturation.
3.51 | 6.04 g/l TA | NEG g/l RS | 12.6%
1,146 bottles produced.
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Eternal Return Blend
Eternal Return Blend
Variety: Nebbiolo Barbera DolcettoVintage: 2018Region: Adelaide Hills / Woodside and AshtonVineyard: Bowe-Lees Lovey (Nebbiolo) and Ceravolo (Dolcetto / Barbera)
Basic Viti Info: Nebbiolo planted in 2002 on a light brown to grey sandy site. Dolcetto and Barbera planted in 2006 on dark grey silt and sandy loam on sandstone.
Conventionally farmed vineyards.Winemaking: fruit was hand picked, destemmed and fermented with selected yeast. Everything was vinified separately... the Nebbiolo on skins for 45 days and Dolcetto and Barbera for 9 days. Maturation for 12 months in a mix of 700l cask and barrique (all neutral). The final blend 50% Nebbiolo, 30% Dolcetto and 20% Barbera.
3.57 | 6.53 g/l TA | NEG g/l RS | 13.5%
3,570 bottles produced.
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Nebbiolo
Nebbiolo
Variety: NebbioloVintage: 2017Region: Adelaide Hills / WoodsideVineyard: Bowe Lees & Loveys
Basic Viti Info: Nebbiolo plantings from 1998 and 2002 on a light brown to grey sandy site. Elevation approx. 390m.
Conventionally farmed vineyard.
This vineyard was unfortunately lost to the 2020 Adelaide Hills bush fires. This is one of the last vintages of this wine.Winemaking: fruit was hand picked and crushed into fermenter. 75 days on skins. Pressed to large format oak for 14 months..
3.63 | 6.97 g/l TA | NEG g/l RS | 13.5%
1,794 bottles produced.
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About
We are a small vineyard and winery in the Springfarm sub-region of Clare, set amongst
one of the most historically relevant winery and vineyards in Australia.
We run our farm with organic principles. The plantings of well established Shiraz, Grenache
and Pedro Ximenez, some dating back to the turn of the 20th century and recent plantings,
of Shiraz, Mataro and Malbec are ACO certified.
We also work with a very small group of grape growers in Clare and the Adelaide Hills whom
grow fruit for our non-estate wines. The winery is rustic in a sense of mod-cons and
mechanisation, where the most elaborate piece of equipment would be the coffee machine.
At present we’re focusing our efforts on the vineyard, unfortunately tastings are not available.
Contact
EMAIL: [email protected]
LOT 2 WENDOUREE RD EAST, CLARE, SA 5453
PO BOX 75, SEVENHILL, SA 5453
T. +61 (0) 8 8842 1549
F. +61 (0) 8 8842 2909