DELAMERE VINEYARDS PTY LTD
4238 BRIDPORT ROAD
PIPERS BROOK TASMANIA 7254
COPYRIGHT 2008 DELAMERE VINEYARDS

Grown, vinified, bottled and hand-disgorged on site. Methodé traditionnelle de Champagne - a testament to the world class quality of the Pipers River region for sparkling wine production. Strawberry and musk aromas. Boasting unctuous red berry flavours and earthy, mushroom characters. A fine structure with firm savoury tannins and crisp natural acid.

This unique single-vineyard wine has been grown, vinified, bottled and hand-disgorged on site and is testament to the world class status of the Pipers River region for sparkling wine production. The wine is the result of carefully hand-harvested fruit from the mature-aged pinot noir vines of Delamere Vineyard, and reflects the site’s distinctive soil and location.

Showing true mature Sparkling Rosé characters, it has a medium salmon colour and an aroma of strawberry and musk, complexed by hints of lanolin and toast. The flavoursome palate boasts unctuous red berry fruits, complemented by earthy, mushroom characters, and is fine but with firm, savoury tannins. It has persistent flavours finishing with crisp natural acid. This premium sparkling will suit most foods, owing to its complexity and savoury tannin structure.

VITICULTURE

Close-planted vines at 7500/ha on own roots, low trellis, unirrigated, cane pruned vertical shoot position. The pinot noir wine is a blend of D5V12 and MV6.

VINTAGE CONDITIONS

The 2005 season presented near-perfect conditions for Tasmanian wine. Temperatures were moderate and even, there was just enough rainfall which was perfectly timed throughout the growing season, and crop levels were in perfect harmony with vine canopy growth. Fruit ripened evenly across the vineyard creating intense flavour and ideal balance.

VINTAGE INFORMATION

Vintage2005
RegionPipers River, Tasmania
WMShane Holloway
Harvest dateMarch and April 2005
OakUnoaked
Alcohol13.0%
TA7.5g/L
pH3.25
Cellaring5 years