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We use sea based fertilisers such as Norwegian kelp and a fish head soup to increase the micro- biol life in the soil, undiluted and containing all essential elements. The kelp is used as a foliant spray and has an immediate effect on the health of the plants.
NPK (nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus) is another of our foliant applications, using fusion technology, opens the pours in the leaves and the intake is instantaneous.
Kelp assists with the evenness of fruit set.
Pruning techniques, cropping levels, canopy treatment and restricted intrusion onto the vineyard with vehicles/tractors are just some of the criteria implemented to ensure the best chance of this unique vineyard producing some of the finest fruit our area has to offer.
The undulating topography is one of the contributing assets for drainage. This is an important factor to control the vigour of the vines.
Rain water quality from a natural spring fed soak, helps ease the thirst in the early part of the season and post harvest. Although some of our paddocks are dry grown due to the presence of under ground springs, the intensity of flavours is further enhanced by fruit exposure, bunches per vine, shoot thinning and discarding any bunches that don’t complete verasion.
Cover crops of; oats, rye grass, clovers, canola and barley have been rotated over the years together with the broad acre spreading of compost.
Vines are a natural choice for this area, preserving the beauty of our valley with a bio-dynamic philosophy towards farming techniques and restoring native plant varieties along watercourses.
Our reserve 2003 & 2004 wines are barrel aged in French and American oak for 14 months. The 2005 sees the first vintage barrel aged for 24 months. The object is to offer wines that are 3 to 4 years old upon release. To achieve this we have to hold back a vintage post bottling and store for at least 12 months.
NPK (nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus) is another of our foliant applications, using fusion technology, opens the pours in the leaves and the intake is instantaneous.
Kelp assists with the evenness of fruit set.
Pruning techniques, cropping levels, canopy treatment and restricted intrusion onto the vineyard with vehicles/tractors are just some of the criteria implemented to ensure the best chance of this unique vineyard producing some of the finest fruit our area has to offer.
The undulating topography is one of the contributing assets for drainage. This is an important factor to control the vigour of the vines.
Rain water quality from a natural spring fed soak, helps ease the thirst in the early part of the season and post harvest. Although some of our paddocks are dry grown due to the presence of under ground springs, the intensity of flavours is further enhanced by fruit exposure, bunches per vine, shoot thinning and discarding any bunches that don’t complete verasion.
Cover crops of; oats, rye grass, clovers, canola and barley have been rotated over the years together with the broad acre spreading of compost.
Vines are a natural choice for this area, preserving the beauty of our valley with a bio-dynamic philosophy towards farming techniques and restoring native plant varieties along watercourses.
Our reserve 2003 & 2004 wines are barrel aged in French and American oak for 14 months. The 2005 sees the first vintage barrel aged for 24 months. The object is to offer wines that are 3 to 4 years old upon release. To achieve this we have to hold back a vintage post bottling and store for at least 12 months.