Wedgetail

Wedgetail - Wedgetail Estate
40 Hildebrand RoadCottles Bridge VIC 3099
Phone: +61 3 9714 8661Fax: +61 3 9714 8676
Winemaking and winePar 3 Sauvignon Blanc
Vintage: 2005 Grape Variety: Sauvignon Blanc
Region: Adelaide Hills & Yarra Valley Winemaker: Guy Lamothe
Tasting Notes:An inviting aromatic bouquet, with a mix of citrus, straw and gooseberry. The palate is fresh and rounded with a crisp finish. 20% of this wine has been barrel fermented.
Technical details:Cropping Level: 2.5 Ton / AcreOak Treatment: 20% Oak BarrelsAlcohol: 12.5% Single Vineyard Chardonnay
Vintage: 2005
Grape Variety: Chardonnay
Region: Yarra Valley
Winemaker: Guy Lamothe
Tasting Notes:This is my favourite Chardonay to date. Powerful but restrained, perfect balance between acid levels and fruit weight. The aromas as influenced by flintiness and burned match stick character. The palate is generous, a terrific food wine.
Technical details:Cropping Level: 2 Ton / AcreOak Treatment: 30 % New French Oak, Burgundian Coopers, 10 months in BarrelsAlcohol: 13.7%
Ferment details:Whole bunch press. Barrel Fermented. No malolactic fermentation
Single Vineyard Chardonnay
Vintage: 2006
Grape Variety: Chardonnay
Region: Yarra Valley
Winemaker: Guy Lamothe
Tasting Notes:Flinty & citrusy aromas with hint of peaches. Soft and restrained palate, with barrel ferment characters. A very complex and exciting wineTechnical details:Cropping Level: 2 Ton / Acre, Harvest at 12 beaume, hand picked early morningOak Treatment: 25 % New French Oak, Burgundian Coopers, 10 months in BarrelsAlcohol: 13%
Ferment details:Whole bunch press. Barrel Ferment on wild yeast, remain on lees for 6 months.
Par 3 Pinot Noir
Vintage: 2005
Grape Variety: Pinot Noir
Region: Yarra Valley
Winemaker: Guy Lamothe
Tasting Notes:This Yarra Valley Pinot Noir offers aromas of cherries, violets and spices. The palate is long, soft and complex. This wine was made in the traditional Burgundian method of open vat fermentation with wild yeast. The wine was matured for 12 months in French oak, creating an elegant and seductive Pinot.
Technical details:Cropping Level: 2.5 Ton / AcreOak Treatment: French Oak BarrelsAlcohol: 13%
Reserve Pinot Noir
Vintage: 2004
Grape Variety: Pinot Noir
Region: Yarra Valley
Winemaker: Guy Lamothe
Tasting Notes:The Reserve selection is determined in the vineyard, where - in promising vintages Guy reduces yield by bunch thinning. This Reserve offers aromas of cherries, plum and spices, with elegant oak on the nose. The palate is long, intense and complex.
Technical details:Cropping Level: 2 Ton / AcreOak Treatment: 50% New French Oak BarrelsAlcohol: 13.5 %
Ferment details: Hand harvested fruit was gently crushed, then transferred to open vat frementers, without stems or whole bunches. Wild yeast initiated the fermentation and Guy plunged the fruit cap twice daily to ensure gentle flavour and colour extraction. The wine was then gravity fed to French oak ( 50% new and 50% on year old Troncais and Alliers) for 12 months, blended then bottled in May 2005. The wine was given 18 months bottle age prior to release.
The North Face Cabernet Merlot
Vintage: 2005
Grape Variety: Cab Sauv 70% Merlot 25% Cabernet Franc 5%
Region: Yarra Valley
Winemaker: Guy Lamothe
Tasting Notes:A classic Cabernet blend. The nose says beautiful black current and cedary characters. Always elegant and refined as per 2004. Will age for at least 10 years.
Technical details:Bottling Date: August 2004Cropping Level: 2 Ton / AcreOak Treatment: 30% New French Oak, Burgundian Coopers. 18 months in Barrels.Alcohol: 13%
Ferment details:Pre maceration in open vats until ferment starts, about one week. Fermented in open vats, with indigenous yeast. Post fermentation skin maceration 4 weeks. Natural Malolactic occurs slowly through spring.
The North Face Cabernet Merlot
Vintage: 2004
Grape Variety: Cab Sauv 70% Merlot 25% Cabernet Franc 5%
Region: Yarra Valley
Winemaker: Guy Lamothe
Tasting Notes:This classic single vineyard Cabernet Merlot is grown on a steep northerly slope of the estate. This allows the grapes to ripen to their full potential, resulting in luscious berry flavours. This is a complex fruit driven wine, rich and seductive, offering of dark berries and spices. With an elegant, intense palate and soft tannins on the finish. It's 18 months in French oak has ensured a perfect structure for longevity. Cellaring potential 10 years.
Technical details:Bottling Date: August 2005Cropping Level: 2.5 Ton / AcreOak Treatment: 20% New French Oak, Burgundian Coopers. 18 months in Barrels.Alcohol: 13.5%
Ferment details:Pre maceration in open vats until ferment starts, about one week. Fermented in open vats, with indigenous yeast. Post fermentation skin maceration 4 weeks. Natural Malolactic occurs slowly through spring.
Single vineyard Shiraz
Vintage: 2005
Grape Variety: Shiraz
Region: Yarra Valley
Winemaker: Guy Lamothe
Tasting Notes:It has been described as the AUSSIE Cornas (see wine reveiws)...Cornas is a region in Rhone Valley France. The nose indicates the use of wild yeast with a bit of funk at the start which disapates and shows clean black fruit and coffee-beans flavours. The palate is multi layered with freshness exotic flavours and firm tannins. As good as the 2004 if not slightly better structured. Will age well for at least 8 to 12 years.
Technical details:Cropping Level: 1.5 Ton / AcreOak Treatment: 12 months in 50% New French Oak, Burgundian CoopersAlcohol: 14%
Ferment details:Pre maceration, until ferment starts, about one week. Fermented in open vats, with indigenous yeast, towards the end of fermentation wine transferred to barrels to compete fermentaion. Natural Malolactic occurs slowly through Spring.

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