The Wines
2001 Wines
Single Vineyard Wines
2001 Judd Chardonnay
"Pale green gold in colour. An intense nectarine, spice, mineral and flint nose is followed by a rich, mouth filling
palate with characters of citrus, white peach and nectarine with spicy well integrated oak. Finishes long and clean."
Estate/Reserve Wines
2001 Reserve Pinot Noir
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10X Wines
2001 10X Pinot Noir
Tasting Note
2001 10X Chardonnay
Tasting Note
2001 10X Pinot Gris
2001 10X Sauvignon Blanc
Light straw-green; a spotlessly clean, crisp bouquet falls predominantly in the grass/herb/mineral spectrum, but
does have some riper nuances; the palate is correspondingly clean, firm and bright, lemony acidity providing
an attractive spine.
89 :: James Halliday :: 2003 Australian Wine Companion
2001 Sparkling Allis
This sparkling wine was made in 2001 from a 50/50 blend of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. Disgorged in December 2007,
it spent almost 7 years on its lees.
2001 Sweet Allis
Named after the Judd Vineyard's 1946 Vintage Allis Chalmers tractor, this unique dessert wine is made from botrylis
affected Chardonnay (75%) and Sauvignon Blanc (25%).
Tasting Note
2001 Vintage
Main Ridge Pinot Noir...
Budburst - 29 Aug
Flowering – 21 Nov
Veraison - 6 Feb
Harvest – 14 Apr
Budburst-harvest - 229 days
DORMANT INTERVAL [May-Aug]: Temperatures slightly below average; rainfall just above average. Budburst early with excellent growth.
BUDBURST INTERVAL [Sep-Nov]: Temperatures average though warmest minimum; rainfall 15% above average. Excellent flowering.
FLORAISON INTERVAL [Dec-Jan]: Temperatures above average and including our warmest ever January (26.8°C v 24.5°C); rainfall 37% below average, one of our driest floraison intervals. Fruit set excellent, good yield, good growth, and low disease preassure.
VERAISON INTERVAL [Feb-Apr]: Temperatures just above average mainly due to a hot February, March and April were just below average; after a dry February, rainfall well above average in March and, particularly, in April - 23 April 2001 experienced a “rainfall event”, 104mm in 24 hours (record daily rainfall); 29mm fell the day before, 30mm the day after. Harvest conditions mostly good throughout, although some late botrytis which spun out of control on crops left after 23 April.
Early budburst, flowering and veraison were almost exactly average but harvest was almost 2 weeks later than average. Longest hang time, 21 days longer than average.
Anything harvested before 22 April was fine, anything after was subject to huge disease pressure and lack of ripening. This was the vintage we produced a “sticky” from botrytis affected Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc. Langton’s rate it 8.