Pinot Blanc is a wine of presence and understated power. The wine offers up sweet aromas of sweet purée of apple and pear, honeydew melon with a background canvas of complex yeast aromas. The powerful palate impresses with its weight, breadth and length. Flavours of ripe pear and loquat sit on the full palate that is carried by the yeast aging and alcohol viscosity influences. A wine demanding food: Pork Loin and cider braised leeks and apples.
ALC/VOL: 14.5% pH: 3.27 TA: 7.43 g/L.
VEGAN FRIENDLY.
AGEING GRACEFULLY: up to 10 years.
SINGLE VINEYARD
Acacia Park Vineyard (-36.690190, 146.390333)
Acacia Park Vineyard was established in 1980 by the Murtagh family in the cool climate wine region of the King Valley. This unique site has a gently sloping easterly aspect, with red volcanic soils containing decaying basalt on the slope the vineyard rises to nearly 400 metres above sea level. The vineyard is hand-pruned and hand tendered to achieve the best results. It relies mainly on natural rainfall which the underlying basalt retains and assists the vines throughout periods of warm weather, almost drought-proofing in the summer months. The vines run north-east to south-west with viticultural practices including vertical shoot positioning encouraging even ripening and providing important shade to prevent the impact of sunburn.
THE WINEMAKING
The grapes were picked in the cool early morning on the 6th of March and only the first flush of free run was taken, for this special cuvée, minimising skin and seed contact resulting in an ultrafine juice. After settling the wine, was transferred off grape solids to a tank where it was seeded with a blend of cultured and wild yeast to add flavour and textural complexity. The wine fermented for 3 weeks, after which the wine was left on yeast lees to evolve, yeast autolyse imparting mouthfeel, silkiness and creaminess. We enhanced this natural process by mixing the tank fortnightly until we achieved the desired palate weight. Just prior to bottling we filtered the wine to achieve the wine’s bright youthful lustre.
THE VINTAGE
A cold wet start to the growing season proved challenging in the vineyards with fruit set and ultimately yields lower than average. Summer began with high humidity, but during the ripening period became stable and dry. A balanced and even development of aromas and flavour occurred with fine natural acidity retained across our white varieties. While the quantity of grapes was down in 2024, quality was fantastic.
