Style

Dry

Grape Variety

Pinot Noir - 100% Estate Grown

Tasting Notes

In this cool, difficult year, flowering and fruit set were down by 60%-65% on the previous year. Not having enough fruit to do our usual vinification by clone, we made one single wine with all our Pinot clones together. It was aged for nearly 22 months in a mix of new and old French oak.

Palate

Fragrant, soft and supple on the palate with balanced acidity, it is a wine that will age well in a bottle for 6-8 years.

Colour

Dark Red

Aroma

Fruit flavours mixed with spice

Alcohol /Volume

13% by volume

Serving Temperature

15-16 degrees Celsius

Bottled

February 2015

Vintage

2013

Producer

Nazaaray Estate, Mornington Peninsula's southern-most vineyard.

Established

1996-2000

Vineyard Area

Pinot Noir - 4.2acres

Winemaker

Paramdeep Ghumman

Viticulturist

Ranjit Gill

Winemaking philosophy

Produce quality wines in the traditional way, which meet and exceed our expectations

Brix at harvest

Ranged from 22.8 to 24.6 at harvest (picked in batches)

Harvest dates

22 nd March (MV6); 30 th March 2015 (114 & 777); 2 nd April (115 & D-clones)

Yield

3.3 tonnes/ha

Crush

6.1 tonnes; 30%-50% whole bunch

Cold Soak

2 days

Yeast

Natural

Fermentation

12-14 days Post

Post Fermentation maceration

No

Maturation

All clonal ferments were matured in separate French oak barrels for 20 months in Oak (50% new) before bottling. The best barrels were selected for the final blend of the Reserve.

Alcohol

13.1%

pH

3.48

Bottled

16th May 2014

Closure

Screw cap

Vintage

2018. A wonderful vintage.

Producer

Nazaaray Estate Winery

Style

Dry; Residual Sugar level of less than 1gm per litre

Grape Variety

Pinot Noir - 100% Estate Grown Grapes

Region and Location

Flinders , Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia

Vinification

Hand-picked; saigneé from Pinot Noir; Approximately 5-8% of juice from each of the clonal ferments around 12 to 14 hours after de-stemming the fruit. It was then barrel-fermented in mostly old French oak barrels for 7 months; bottled in February 2019. Only two barrels were made.

Colour

Light pink; salmon.

Aroma

Hints of spice and strawberries.

Taste

A very pleasantly dry wine. Perfumed and smells like rose petals rushed with honey, with mid-palate richness and a lush texture.

Serving Temperature

9-11 degrees Celsius

Food Matches

With a platter of cheese and biscuits or even better with oat-meal and raisin bread or enjoy chilled on its own.

Ageing Capacity

Best enjoyed early but it will last and improve in bottle for 5-6 years.

Vintage

2018. A wonderful vintage.

Producer

Nazaaray Estate Winery

Style

Dry; Residual Sugar level of less than 1gm per litre

Grape Variety

Pinot Noir - 100% Estate Grown Grapes

Region and Location

Flinders , Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia

Vinification

Hand-picked; saignee from Pinot Noir; Approximately 5-8% of juice from each of the clonal ferments around 12 to 14 hours after de-stemming the fruit. It was then barrel-fermented in mostly old French oak barrels for 7 months; bottled in February 2019. Only two barrels were made.

Colour

Light pink; salmon.

Aroma

Hints of spice and strawberries.

Taste

A very pleasantly dry wine. Perfumed and smells like rose petals rushed with honey, with mid-palate richness and a lush texture.

Serving Temperature

9-11 degrees Celsius

Food Matches

With a platter of cheese and biscuits or even better with oat-meal and raisin bread or enjoy chilled on its own.

Ageing Capacity

Best enjoyed early but it will last and improve in bottle for 5-6 years.

Style

Dry; Residual Sugar level less than 1.5 gm per litre;

Grape Variety

Pinot Gris

Region and Location

Flinders , Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia

Vinification

Hand-picked at optimum ripeness and flavour; 100% whole-bunch pressed in a basket press, barrel fermented in old oak barrels and then aged in same barrels.

Colour

Greenish yellow

Aroma

Pears and hints of apple

Taste

This Gris has intensity of flavour and a tight balanced acidic structure that does not show the alcohol level of 13.9% in the wine. Drink it now or over the next 3 – 4 years with total confidence.

Alcohol

13.9% / volume

Serving Temperature

8-11 degrees Celsius

Food Matches

Enjoy the wine with a range of Asian foods like Indian style pakoras, tandoori chicken tikkas in a cream sauce or dim sum or Thai style prawns cooked with mint, basil and lemons with rice.

Ageing Capacity

Best drunk in 2-3 years but has capacity to age

Bottled

1st March 2018

Style

Dry; Residual Sugar level less than 1.5 gm per litre;

Grape Variety

Chardonnay 100%

Region and Location

Flinders , Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia

Vinification

Hand-picked at optimum ripeness and flavour; 100% whole-bunch pressed in a basket press, barrel fermented in approx 35% new oak barrels and then aged in same barrels with regular lees stirring for the first 3 months.

Colour

Greenish yellow

Aroma

Grapefruit, citrus and melons.

Taste

Crisp and dry with a long lingering taste.

Alcohol

13.8% / volume

Serving Temperature

8-11 degrees Celsius

Food Matches

Sea-food and pasta or Thai food with rice; also a good accompaniment to tandoori chicken cooked with a modicum of spices.

Ageing Capacity

6 to 8 years.

Bottled

8th March 2018

Vintage

2018

Producer

Nazaaray Estate Winery

Style

Dry with a very low residual Sugar level; Made in the Sancerre style.

Grape Variety

Sauvignon Blanc 100%

Region and Location

Flinders, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia

Vinification

Hand-picked; This year we de-stemmed the grapes before pressing them for the juice in our basket press. The juice was barrel fermented and after ten days racked into two 4-year old French oak barrels for completion of fermentation and ageing.

Colour

Greenish yellow

Aroma

Dominant goose-berries and some passion fruit.

Taste

Crisp and dry with a long lingering taste.

Alcohol

13.5% / volume

Serving Temperature

8-11 degrees Celsius

Food Matches

Sea-food and pasta or Thai food with rice; also a good accompaniment to curried prawns cooked with carom seeds and rice.

Ageing Capacity

6 to 8 years.

Bottled

15th December 2018