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Martin Spedding
 
11 March 2019 | Martin Spedding

2019 Vintage Overview

It has taken 15 years and a lot of hard work to finally get to this point. Vintage 2019 is the first harvest processing our fruit in our own purpose built winery on our Coolart Road vineyard.

Following a lower than average rainfall and relatively standard temperatures over the winter, cooler temperatures in August and September led to late budburst and flowering.

Above average temperatures and low rainfall during summer meant an early veraison and harvest. Five days of above average temperatures at the beginning of harvest has compressed the vintage further, with ‘up the hill’ fruit, which has lower yields, being picked immediately after ‘down the hill’. On average, there is two weeks difference in ripening between our down the hill vineyard in Tuerong and up the hill vineyards in Main Ridge. There has been very little gap this year.

Ten Minutes by Tractor commenced picking on the 27th February at our Coolart Road vineyard and we will finish the picking up the hill vineyards by around 20th March.

The yields are normal and fruit quality is outstanding, particularly up the hill. The down the hill fruit has higher sugar levels from the warmer weather experienced during picking. Up the hill fruit has maintained very good acidity and beautiful flavours. At this very early stage we would say that the 2019 vintage has a lot of promise, better than 2016 and 2018 and quality to match or exceed 2017, but time will tell.

- Martin Spedding

Time Posted: 11/03/2019 at 4:01 PM Permalink to 2019 Vintage Overview Permalink
Gabrielle Richardson
 
1 June 2018 | Gabrielle Richardson

The Secret to Great Pinot Noir by Jane Faulkner

The quality of Australia’s pinot noir is at an all-time high as an increasing number of producers turn their focus to the vines, writes Jane Faulkner.

We check in on Australia's Pinot Noir and how producers are working with it.

Flirty, firm and fine. Structured, detailed and elegant. Hedonistic, ethereal and exclusive.

Read full article: https://www.winecompanion.com.au/news/news-articles/2018/may/Exceptional-pinot-noir-lies-in-the-vines

Time Posted: 01/06/2018 at 3:57 PM Permalink to The Secret to Great Pinot Noir by Jane Faulkner Permalink
Gabrielle Richardson
 
1 June 2018 | Gabrielle Richardson

Ten Minutes by Tractor: Exploring Australia’s premier Pinot Noir region

One of the Mornington Peninsula's star wineries is 10 Minutes by Tractor. The name comes from the fact that originally the basis of the project was three vineyards in Main Ridge that were each no more than ten minutes apart by tractor.

One of the Mornington Peninsula's star wineries is 10 Minutes by Tractor. The name comes from the fact that originally the basis of the project was three vineyards in Main Ridge that were each no more than ten minutes apart by tractor. The owners, Martin and Karen Spedding had a previous life in a very successful software company that they owned, and this has given them freedom to take a single-minded approach to quality. As well as the vineyards, they have two restaurants, one very fancy and one a bit more down to earth. Both are excellent.

Read full article: http://www.wineanorak.com/australia/morningtonpeninsula_6_tenminutesbytractor.htm

Time Posted: 01/06/2018 at 3:55 PM Permalink to Ten Minutes by Tractor: Exploring Australia’s premier Pinot Noir region Permalink
Gabrielle Richardson
 
1 June 2018 | Gabrielle Richardson

What will fill red burgundy's place? by Jancis Robinson

I'm a refugee', declared a particularly well-dressed attendee at a wine tasting in London last month, adding as he swirled a glassful of crimson liquid, 'and like all refugees I'm traumatised. Is this the same as burgundy, I wonder?'

He may have a somewhat insensitive way of describing his flight from increasingly expensive red burgundy, but this wine enthusiast is not alone in feeling alienated, And he is no cheapskate. The last time we met had been at a dinner at which he had provided a bottle of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti 1971 Romanée-St-Vivant. But, like so many wine lovers devoted to France's infinite variations on the theme of Pinot Noir, recent Côte d'Or price rises have stuck in his throat and here he was at an event designed to showcase answers to red burgundy from … Germany.

Read full article: https://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/what-will-fill-red-burgundys-place

 

Time Posted: 01/06/2018 at 3:52 PM Permalink to What will fill red burgundy's place? by Jancis Robinson Permalink

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