Vintage Report 2016

Vintage Report 2016

The 2015/16 season was drier with just 92mm of rain recorded from August through to Christmas. January and February had a couple of rain events which was followed by dry weather negating disease risk. Warmer soil temperatures through spring promoted budburst flowering...
2015 Vintage Diary

2015 Vintage Diary

Spring rainfall simply didn’t happen this year as the overhead tap was turned off during August.  We needed to begin irrigation during September and the dry weather continued right through the growing season, maturity and vintage and resulted in beautiful clean and...
Vintage 2016 – The Verdict

Vintage 2016 – The Verdict

Our winemaker, Tom O’Donnell, has given us his views on what the 2016 wines look like so far: 2016 started off warm and dry in January and early February. Timely light rain events and consistent cool evenings kept the leaf on the vines healthy and vivid; hence great...
AWARDS

AWARDS

It is often said that a good wine starts in the vineyard. We think this comment has some merit but we realise the winemaker has a significant influence on the wine produced from the grapes at his/her disposal. We would like to congratulate, and advertise the fact,...