2009 Sauvignon Blanc. Kumeu
The fruit for this wine was grown on our home vineyard at Kumeu. The Sauvignon Blanc grapes were cold fermented and the wine is un-oaked to retain its essential vibrancy. Our wine is a straw colour, with luscious ripe tropical fruit flavours balancing with a zestiness enhancing the capsicum and tropical lime aromas. Produced in a very ripe style, the palate is weighty, with great structure and length. Ready to drink now, it will also benefit from aging. This wine loves to accompany lighter meats, pasta and seafood.
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- Cellaring: 1 - 4 Years.
- DRY
- Alc. 12.6% vol.
2009 Thelma Grace Chardonnay. Kumeu.. Very Very Lightly oaked
This is a new wine style to our range.This chardonnay has been very very very lightly oaked which gives roundness to the wine and adds complexity.The grapes were grown on our home vineyard at Kumeu. Classic Mendoza fruit. Light straw in colour, with peach and apricot aromas combining with a citrus lime finish. Further complex characters will develop with aging just as they did for Wendy's Mother to whom this wine is dedicated. This chic and sassy Kumeu chardonnay will enhance the enjoyment of most foods, especially chicken, fish and pasta dishes. SCREWCAP CLOSURE.<br />
- Cellaring: 1 - 5 Years.
- DRY
- Alc. 13.00% vol.
2007 Limited Release Chardonnay. Kumeu
NEW RELEASE
The fruit for this wine was grown on our home vineyard at Kumeu, and displays the tropical fruit characters distinctive of this heritage wine region.
100% barrel fermented in French an American oak. The wine underwent gentle malolactic fermentation to give a balance of creamy flavour to the citrus notes.
Almost a years maturation in barigues with weekly barrel attention has produced this wine, nicely straw in colour, with creamy peach characters dominating the aroma. The weighty Mendoza fruit ensures the full lingering finish. This stylish Kumeu Chardonnay will enhance the enjoyment of most foods.
SCREWCAP CLOSURE
- Cellaring: 1 to 5.
- dry
- Alc. 13.5% vol.
2010 Bella Rosa Kumeu
This Rose wine is a new wine for us. Made from our famous Pinotage grapes, the juice was allowed to spend a few hours in contact with the skins before the it was pressed off for fermentation. This enabled the juice to pick up a delicate rose petal pink colour. It is very difficult to judge this amount of time for skin contact. If contact is too long the wine is too dark. If too short the colour is too light. Add some red wine I hear you say, the problem with this is you also add back tannin, which makes this gentle wine hard on the palate. We feel we got this skin contact time spot on!
A delicate light salmon pink in colour, with the bouquet of rose petals, watermelon and strawberries and cream, and a hint of mandarin on the finish. Just a touch of sweetness.
SERVE CHILLED. This wine fills your mouth with pleasure.
SCREWCAP CLOSURE
- Cellaring: 1-4 Years.
- Off Dry
- Alc. 13.9% vol.
2008 Pinotage "P'08" Kumeu
Pinotage 2008 P'08. The fruit for this wine was grown on our home vineyard at Kumeu. The juice was cold macerated for three days before fermentation and hand plunged during fermentation in the classic open vat method. It was then racked into French and American barrels for malolactic fermentation. Bright crimson red to the eye and to the nose, fresh wild berry fruits and that ever present earthy spice accent. The palate is well structured, velvety warm with lifted vibrant primary fruit characters.This classic Kumeu Pinotage is ready now and will develop further varietal complexities with time. Enjoy it summer long on the verandah with friends for a cruisy afternoon. Great with soups, pasta, game and other meats. Try it with chocolate and fruit cake.
SCREWCAP CLOSURE
- Cellaring: 1 - 6 years.
- DRY
- Alc. 12.2% vol.
2009 Pamela Syrah. Kumeu
NEW RELEASEMade from a new block of vines we planted in 2005.
The grapes were hand picked on a beautiful sunny day in April 2009. Destemmed and crushed directly into an open top fermentation tank, it fermented for about 3 weeks. The must spent a further few weeks macerating on the skins to extract flavour, tannin and colour. The must was then pressed and the skins removed. The wine was racked into two barrels. One new American oak barrel and a one year old French barrel. Here it stayed until early May 2010. It was egg white fined and allowed to settle. The bright wine was minimally filtered and then bottled.
The bottles are heavy, tall, Italian style bottles with a cork closure and hand dipped sealing wax.
This wine was dedicated to Jaison's Mum Pamela for her 80th birthday.
Deep purple red in colour, seductively perfumed. Juicy red berry fruit characters and hints of spice and white pepper on the palate
ONLY 45 CASES MADE. All numbered. Available from the cellar door only.
- Cellaring: 1 - 6 Years.
- DRY
- Alc. 12.1% vol.
2006 Cabernet Sauvignon. Kumeu
Grapes harvested April 2006.
This Cabernet Sauvignon was grown on our home vineyard at Kumeu. Hand and foot plunged 4 times per day during fermentation, the wine was macerated (held on the skins ) for 10 days after fermentation to maximmise extraction of tannins and fruit flavours. Only light pressings were taken, and following the malo-lactic fermentation the wine was aged for 11 months in a combination of both new and 2 year old French and American oak bariques.
The resulting wine is bright crimson red colour; wild cherry berry, peppery characters dominate the nose. There is also an under-layer of earthiness, and those characters follow through on to the palate. The soft fruit tannins along with the finely intergrated oak and balanced structure make for a harmonius wine offering complex fruit and oak characters. The mid palate is warm, rich and sweet, the finish long and savoury.
Enjoy our Cabernet Sauvignon with red meats, cheeses and big buxom breads etc. Drinking well now. This wine will develop more complexities with age.
SCREWCAP CLOSURE
- Cellaring: 1 to 6 years.
- Dry
- Alc. 12.7% vol.