Talunga
Talunga Adelaide to Mannum Road
PO Box 134 Gumeracha SA 5233
Telephone: +61 (08) 8389 1222
Fax: +61 (08) 8389 1233
Wines 1999 Chardonnay
A Chardonnay in the true premium European style made form the finest grapes grown in the Scaffidi family vineyards at Gumeracha in the Adelaide Hills. Green apple and ripe lime fruit characters on the nose, complexed with subtle toasty oak.
Although full in flavour exhibiting citrus and nectarine characters, the wine is extremely elegant. The Fruit is perfectly balanced by superb use of French Oak, giving a creamy cashew ut influence. The mouth feel lingers on and finishes with a balanced soft cleansing acidity.
2001 Sangiovese
Sangiovese is a popular Italian variety grape predominantly used to make Chianti or table style wines. Bright red with purple hues in colour, this wine has a sweet confectionary boiled lollies blackcurrant fruit aroma. The palate is spicy peppery with tight firm grippy Tannins and good length.
2000 High Block Cabernet Sauvignon
This typical Adelaide Hills Cabernet Sauvignon exhibits excellent lifted cool climate verietal fruit characters of cassis and plum aromas with some mint/leafiness.
The palate has good concentration with fine oak tannins and a long lingering finish. Integrated with cedary French Oak, this wine is great drinking now and will continue to gain greater complexity with further bottle saturation.
2000 Shiraz
This excellently defined cool climate Shiraz exhibits rich spice, plum and Christmas pudding aromas. The palate has a good concentration, excellent balance with rounded tannins and a smooth, lingering sweet berry fruit finish.
Integrated with subtle American and French Oak, this wine has very good complexity and will continue to improve with cellaring.
2001 Nebbiolo
"Nebbiolo, the great Italian red from the Piedmont, has taken a liking to One Tree Hill, where the breezes wash in off Gulf St Vincent, patron saint of viticulturists, to Vince and Tina Scaffidi's vines. We have a delightfully fragrant and perfumed, juicy smelling wine of modest fruity style, dominated by the contracting stiff, spinachy tannins of the variety." 89+ Points.
2002 Hard Rock Shiraz
This wine is made from grapes grown north east of Adelaide, an area which forms part of a new and exciting wine growing district, at the foot of the Adelaide Hills.
The soil is clay over limestone with granite rock.
With an altitude of approximately 210m above sea level the climatic influence of the vineyard is the sea breezes from the Gulf.
Deep red in colour with purple hues this complex Shiraz boasts a mixture of rich plumy fruit with smoky bacon cigar box aromas. It has a rich fruity palate with soft tannins and a firm finish with good length.
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Showing posts with label South Australian Winemakers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label South Australian Winemakers. Show all posts
Monday, June 16, 2008
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
South Australia Wine Growing Region
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
The key wine growing regions of SA are:1. Barossa Valley2. Adelaide Hills3. Riverland4. McLaren Vale5. Langhorne Creek6. Clare Valley7. Coonawarra8. PadthawayBarossa ValleyIn 1842 immigrants from England, Germany and Poland established one of Australia's best-known and historic wine regions, the Barossa Valley.
The main red varieties now grown are Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon and Grenache and the key white grape varieties are Riesling, Semillon and Chardonnay.Shiraz abounds in the Barossa, and is probably the wine for which the region is most famous. Riesling is the other classic Barossa variety.
The style is quintessentially Australian - quite unlike the European Riesling. The region also produces excellent quality Grenache, Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay.
Jacob’s Creek flows through the Barossa Valley. The Barossa's first commercial vineyard was located on the banks of Jacob’s Creek, this site is located between the townships of Rowland Flat and Tanunda.
The key wine growing regions of SA are:1. Barossa Valley2. Adelaide Hills3. Riverland4. McLaren Vale5. Langhorne Creek6. Clare Valley7. Coonawarra8. PadthawayBarossa ValleyIn 1842 immigrants from England, Germany and Poland established one of Australia's best-known and historic wine regions, the Barossa Valley.
The main red varieties now grown are Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon and Grenache and the key white grape varieties are Riesling, Semillon and Chardonnay.Shiraz abounds in the Barossa, and is probably the wine for which the region is most famous. Riesling is the other classic Barossa variety.
The style is quintessentially Australian - quite unlike the European Riesling. The region also produces excellent quality Grenache, Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay.
Jacob’s Creek flows through the Barossa Valley. The Barossa's first commercial vineyard was located on the banks of Jacob’s Creek, this site is located between the townships of Rowland Flat and Tanunda.
Sunday, October 7, 2007
Jacob's Creek
The history of Jacob's Creek begins with the settlement of South Australia. Colonel William Light who surveyed the city of Adelaide in 1836 made his way north east in 1837 to the Barossa Valley, which he named after a famous English land victory at Barrossa in the south of Spain.
When William Jacob first surveyed the Barossa Region in 1839, he and his brother John took up land in the Hundred of Moorooroo. Moorooroo is derived from an aboriginal word meaning ‘meeting of two waters’. The two waters involved were the North Para River and creek, which fed into it. The latter was called ‘Cowieaurita’ – which took its rise in the high land around Mount Crawford – and means “yellow-brown water”, the colour produced from the iron laden soil.
The creek was later renamed Jacob’s Creek after William Jacob and the Jacob brothers' small cottages still stand, overlooking Jacob's Creek.
In 1846 a German immigrant, Johann Gramp, purchased land further up stream. A year later he planted the Barossa Valley's first commercial vineyard, on the bank's of Jacob's Creek.
His first vintage was in 1850, and he continued to make wine in his small ironstone winery beside Jacob’s Creek until his death at the age of 84.
On the original site by the creek, which meanders through the folds of the Barossa Ranges, Johann Gramp’s cellar still stands, preserving the heritage of what is now Australia’s most successful wine enterprise. A major catalyst for this success came in 1976, with the introduction of a striking Shiraz Cabernet Malbec from the 1973 vintage. It was named after the site of Johann Gramp’s first vineyard on the banks of Jacob’s Creek.
Jacob's Creek's fresh, easy drinking style and excellent quality has been extremely popular in both Australia, and around the world.
Jacob's Creek has been the most popular brand in Australia and Australia's leading export brand for more than a decade and is widely recognised as spearheading the country's export growth.
Orlando was rewarded for its international success in 1993, by being named Australian Exporter of the Year - a title strongly contested by companies from all industries.
Then, in 1994, Jacob's Creek was honoured with one of the Australian Wine Industry's most prestigious prizes - the Maurice O'Shea Award. It was the first time the award had gone to a wine rather than a person and paid tribute to the enormous contribution Jacob's Creek has made to Australian wine exports.
An ongoing commitment to quality has resulted in Jacob's Creek being a regular winner at wine shows in Australia and overseas. Over the last three years Jacob's Creek has been awarded more than 800 medals in wine shows globally.
More than 80% of Jacob's Creek is now enjoyed in over 60 countries around the world - making it Australia's most popular wine and Australia's Top Drop.
Yet today you can still walk the historic vineyard site, marvel at the magnificent River Red Gums that line the waterway, inspect Johann Gramp’s original cellar and feel a real sense of place and ‘soul’ for Jacob’s Creek.
Winemaking Philosophy
From the vine to the bottle, the mission for Jacob's Creek is simply to improve the quality of each vintage.
The fruit for Jacob's Creek is sourced from different regions within South Eastern Australia, enabling the winemakers to overcome seasonal variations in any particular region, improve the quality of the wine, and select fruit that will best suit the wine style.
The philosophy behind Jacob's Creek is to offer a fresh, fruit-driven, easy drinking wine that can be consumed without years of cellaring. It must also offer excellent value and consistency.
Jacob's Creek wines promise to always over deliver in quality, for the price. Every aspect of the winemaking process is geared to achieve this result.
When William Jacob first surveyed the Barossa Region in 1839, he and his brother John took up land in the Hundred of Moorooroo. Moorooroo is derived from an aboriginal word meaning ‘meeting of two waters’. The two waters involved were the North Para River and creek, which fed into it. The latter was called ‘Cowieaurita’ – which took its rise in the high land around Mount Crawford – and means “yellow-brown water”, the colour produced from the iron laden soil.
The creek was later renamed Jacob’s Creek after William Jacob and the Jacob brothers' small cottages still stand, overlooking Jacob's Creek.
In 1846 a German immigrant, Johann Gramp, purchased land further up stream. A year later he planted the Barossa Valley's first commercial vineyard, on the bank's of Jacob's Creek.
His first vintage was in 1850, and he continued to make wine in his small ironstone winery beside Jacob’s Creek until his death at the age of 84.
On the original site by the creek, which meanders through the folds of the Barossa Ranges, Johann Gramp’s cellar still stands, preserving the heritage of what is now Australia’s most successful wine enterprise. A major catalyst for this success came in 1976, with the introduction of a striking Shiraz Cabernet Malbec from the 1973 vintage. It was named after the site of Johann Gramp’s first vineyard on the banks of Jacob’s Creek.
Jacob's Creek's fresh, easy drinking style and excellent quality has been extremely popular in both Australia, and around the world.
Jacob's Creek has been the most popular brand in Australia and Australia's leading export brand for more than a decade and is widely recognised as spearheading the country's export growth.
Orlando was rewarded for its international success in 1993, by being named Australian Exporter of the Year - a title strongly contested by companies from all industries.
Then, in 1994, Jacob's Creek was honoured with one of the Australian Wine Industry's most prestigious prizes - the Maurice O'Shea Award. It was the first time the award had gone to a wine rather than a person and paid tribute to the enormous contribution Jacob's Creek has made to Australian wine exports.
An ongoing commitment to quality has resulted in Jacob's Creek being a regular winner at wine shows in Australia and overseas. Over the last three years Jacob's Creek has been awarded more than 800 medals in wine shows globally.
More than 80% of Jacob's Creek is now enjoyed in over 60 countries around the world - making it Australia's most popular wine and Australia's Top Drop.
Yet today you can still walk the historic vineyard site, marvel at the magnificent River Red Gums that line the waterway, inspect Johann Gramp’s original cellar and feel a real sense of place and ‘soul’ for Jacob’s Creek.
Winemaking Philosophy
From the vine to the bottle, the mission for Jacob's Creek is simply to improve the quality of each vintage.
The fruit for Jacob's Creek is sourced from different regions within South Eastern Australia, enabling the winemakers to overcome seasonal variations in any particular region, improve the quality of the wine, and select fruit that will best suit the wine style.
The philosophy behind Jacob's Creek is to offer a fresh, fruit-driven, easy drinking wine that can be consumed without years of cellaring. It must also offer excellent value and consistency.
Jacob's Creek wines promise to always over deliver in quality, for the price. Every aspect of the winemaking process is geared to achieve this result.
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