2002 Merlot
Grown and hand picked from the Ringer Reef vineyard. Firm ripe tannins balanced with sweet berry and plum flavours are nicely enhanced by 12 months of American Oak hogsheads. Bottle aged since November 2003 has resulted in development of a well integrated wine with gamey and earth characters.
2004 Merlot
Grown and hand picked from the Ringer Reef vineyard. A very good season with good growing conditions resulted in a moderate crop. The wine shows firm ripe grape tannins nicely supported by new French oak giving very good structure to the palate. The aroma and flavour shows rich berry fruit enhanced with some lifted new American oak. It was held in barrel for 12 months before bottling in January 2006. A full and flavoursome wine.
2004 Sparkling Merlot
Made from 2004 Ringer Reef Merlot with a second year of barrel age in older oak. It was re-fermented in this bottle and disgorged in September, 2007. An attractive aged wine.
2008 Sauvignon Blanc
This wine is made from selected grapes grown by Gina and Marco Martinelli at Cheshunt South in the upper King Valley . Approximately 40% of this wine was fermented in older French oak barriques to give some complexity while retaining freshness. It was bottled in June 2008. The wine shows clean fresh gooseberry style fruit with good weight on the palate and a crisp acid finish.
2008 Rose
This wine is a blend of 30% Sangiovese grown by Gina and Marco Martinelli at Cheshunt South in the upper King Valley and 70% Merlot from the Ringer Reef vineyard at Porepunkah. The wine was fermented in older American oak and bottled in May 2008. A very attractive salmon coloured wine, it shows clean fresh almost strawberry like fruit with good weight on the palate and a soft mouth filling finish.