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| From low yielding vines planted to the rich Terra rosa soils of Wrattonbully. Big on flavour and deep in colour with an intense aroma that displays classic spice and ripe berry notes supported by well integrated oak, Shiraz has long been a wine that Yellow Tail does best. Yellow Tail» |
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| An outstanding single vineyard Shiraz wine from a boutique estate which has been recognized as one of Australia's leading small wineries and most important small sites. Clonakilla is dedicated to making distinctive, handcrafted wines, only ever released in limited quantities, Clonakilla can be hard to find, but they are worth the search. Clonakilla» |
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| Gold Medal & Trophies International Wine Challenge, Gold Medals Qantas Wine Show, Royal Adelaide & Sydney Royal. The Watershed label was designed by Roland Butcher and incorporates a purple room with a four paned window on the wall. Watershed» |
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| Judges Trophy and Best Wine West Victorian Wine Challenge, a consistent wineshow awards and gold winner. A stunningly soft wine, rich and fruity with dark berry flavours and a deep purple colour that's opaque like dark winegums.. Garden Gully» |
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| An eminent Cabernet wine which can lay claim to coveted accolades such as Blue Gold Sydney International and Gold Concours Mondial de Bruxelles. Jacobs Creek retain South Australia's finest vineyards and aim to improve the quality of wine every year. Jacobs Creek» |
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| The enthusiastic maritime climes of Martinborough are heaven sent for a style and quality of Suavignon Blanc to rival the world's finest. Mother nature sets the stage, but ultimately it is the thoughtful viticultural practices of the Palliser Estate team which ensure harvests of ripe and intensely flavoured Sauvignon Blanc at every vintage. Palliser Estate» |
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| Marlborough based Spencer Hill have lead the new wave of New Zealand Chardonnay, claiming multi trophys at the International Chardonnay Challenge, Liquorland Top 1OO, London International and Air NZ Wine Awards. Latitude 41 is assembled from parcels grown to good vineyards in Marlborough and along the Nelson River, a full bodied Chardonnay wine with layers of fruit and bold expression of terroir that speaks of it's origin. Spencer Hill» |
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| Named for the chapel district of Lenton in Nottingham, Brae is Scottish for a small hill, which is what the Lenton Brae vineyard is situated on. Fortuitously placed within the very epicenter for superior Margaret River Cabernet, the site was planted after advisement from the proprietors of nearby Moss Wood, with which it shares a similar terroir and microclime. Lenton Brae» |
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| Previous vintages have claimed Trophy Citadelles du Vin France and multi Gold Montreal, Singapore, UK, Russia & Japan. A wine with exuberant aromas of gooseberry, grapefruit and pineapple, complimented by rich flavours, impressive weight and excellent length.. Gravitas» |
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| A splendid construct of Langhorne Creek Shiraz Cabernet, selected from old vines around the distinguished Follett family vineyard, and perennially released to resounding accolades. Bernoota is Lake Breeze's most highly awarded wine, amassing multi awards and gold in recent years, including the prestigious Max Schubert Trophy.. Lake Breeze» |
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| The Sexton family live in the middle of their eighty acre vineyard on the high north face of the Warramate Ranges in the dress circle of Yarra Valley. The vineyard is introducing organic practises with the express purpose of further distinguishing the site and improving grape and wine quality. Giant Steps» |
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| Andrew Nugent grew up next door to the ancient Penfold winery at Magill in Adelaide Hills. Enthused by a consuming desire to make great wine, he honed his craft as viticulturalist and winemaker amongst the vines of McLaren Vale before returning to the Adelaide Hills where he established his very own wineworks at Woodside. Bird In Hand» |
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About Fox Creek - the Winery
Fox Creek
It all began when a group of medicos decided to realize a lifelong passion - creating a wine from bare earth and sunshine
In the past years since Fox Creek was established, many of the Fox Creek wines have been recognized by being awarded both Trophies and Gold Medals from National and Regional Wine Shows. The McLaren Vale Region has a Mediterranean style climate with a strong maritime influence and is frost-free as we are 7km from the sea. Annual Rainfall is 600-700mm falling mainly in Winter. It is an ideal location for growing grapes, with little disease pressure.
Fox Creek has three company vineyards or approximately 60 hectares of vines. The vineyards are within a range of 5 kilometres, near the village of Willunga. "On our vineyards we grow most common grape varieties. The red varieties are our specialty, Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Merlot. The white varieties grown are Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Verdelho and Semillon.
"Fox Creek has always protected and enhanced the areas surrounding the vineyards with plantings of indigenous native trees. These provide habitat, food and shelter for native birds. Our focus is to be environmentally friendly and only use sustainable practices if possible. We strive to minimise the use of any chemical or other artificial agents."
There are many different soil types at the estate vineyards. About one half are black cracking clays full of organic matter which can develop deep cracks in summer. The rest are red sandy loams with rocks right through their profile. These soils are well drained and aerated.
Fox Creek manage the vineyard floor with a mix of cover cropping and permanent swards. Mulching the under-vine area is also carried out to improve the structure, fertility and microbiological diversity in soil. Cultivation is kept to a bare minimum to conserve soil structure. The vineyard layout and trellis systems have been designed to best suit the specific needs of individual varieties.
Most of the Shiraz is grown on a trellis system called Scott-Henry, and the vines are trained to two cordons. The shoots from the top cordon are lifted by a set of foliage wires while the bottom cordon shoots are down-turned. This system helps control the natural vigour of Shiraz while allowing maximum sunlight penetration and ventilation of the canopy. Most white varieties are grown on a Vertically Shoot Positioned trellis. This gives excellent fruit exposure and ventilation to reduce disease pressure, but enough shading to prevent sunburn damage to the bunches.
With the use of weather stations and continuous monitoring of soil moisture, stress can be minimalized in critical periods such as the time of flowering, controlled stress is utilized to dictate shoot size after fruitset. The outcome of this careful management is to make the most efficient use of limited underground water supplies. All the estate vineyards have drip irrigation, with the exception of one premiere dry-grown Shiraz vineyard.
"All of our vineyards are hand pruned to control vigour. Hand pruning also controls cropping levels which are kept quite low, enabling us to produce small berries full of concentrated flavour and colour. Vintage time is always hectic!" The winemakers sample the grapes regularly to determine the optimum picking time as judged by flavour development and baum (sugar levels).
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