V I N T A G E C O N D I T I O N S
Our wines from the 2023 vintage will show the great elegance and finesse that comes with a cooler season. Taut acidity balanced by a crescendo of lifted aromatic flavours will make these wines an essential addition to any serious wine cellar.
For the Pipers River region, the third year of a ‘la nina’ weather pattern brought high rainfall and lower temperatures throughout the 2022 spring - highly challenging conditions. Thankfully the rare, deep, red-ferrosol soils on which the Delamere vineyard is planted provide excellent drainage, and we were able to get our equipment onto the vineyard between showers to give the growing vines all the attention they required. A change to warmer conditions through December and January helped the ripening process catch up, a lucky thing, with unusually wet conditions returned through February and March. Judicious canopy management and a lucky warm, dry break in early April, allowed us to ripen our fruit to perfection. One of our more challenging seasons, 2023 demonstrated the virtues of good planning, with the last bucket of fruit being carried down to the winery on Saturday 16th April, about 30 minutes before rain once again set in!
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T A S T I N G N O T E S
The epitome of elegance with ripe cherry and strawberry fruit. A subtle earthiness followed by complex toasted sweet spice.