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Frequently Asked Questions
How many cases do you produce each year?
It is very vintage dependant, but usually between 8,000 and 10,000 cases. Since most of our wines are single vineyard wines we cannot increase the quantities in very low yielding years like we have been experiencing of late.
What do you consider to be your best wines?
Our 'Alexander Munro' wines are our flagship wines and represent the best parcels of Semillon, Shiraz and Chardonnay fruit we receive into the winery each vintage.
What is the best wine you have ever made?
A difficult question to answer as there have been may very good wines, but a personal favourite is the 1998 'Alexander Munro' Shiraz which at nearly 10 years of age now is still youthful and has decades in front of it.
Having said that, the 2005 'Alexander Munro' Shiraz is every bit as good and has all the hallmarks for very long term cellaring.
What have been the top Hunter vintages recently?
There have been many. For semillon '94, '97, '99, '04, '05 and '06 have been great. Shiraz was great for '98, '00, '03, '05, '06 and very recently '07.
Latest NewsVintage 200814 Apr 2008 2008 will unfortunately only be remembered as a white wine vintage of any note in the Hunter Valley. Excessive rainfall and low daytime temperatures caused the Shiraz vines to struggle to ripen the fruit. As a result we will not release any 'Alexander Munro', 'Hell Hole', 'Terracotta' or 'The Aunts' Shiraz from 2008, but are confident of releasing a worthy Shiraz Viognier. On the other hand, the whites look very good with the first release, the 2008 'Hell Hole' Semillon due out on the 1st May. 2008 Royal Sydney Wine Show18 Feb 2008 Two Meerea Park semillons were awarded Gold medals at the 2008 Royal Sydney Wine Show held last week. The 2007 'Terracotta' (class 30) and 2007 'Alexander Munro' (class 36) are scheduled for release in 2012. View all the recent news |
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Latest Reviews“Here we are in May 2008 and the odd 2008 wine is already rolling in for review - and when they are as good as this, there are no complaints from me. The 2008 Hunter season was shockingly cold and wet, and for some perverse reason that often means that the semillon turns out excellent. I believe this has. This is very acidic and lemony but it is long and pristine too, with the odd flash of white flowers floating through the wine's aromatics. It's is very young, but very good”. Drink: 2010-2018. 94 points. Campbell Mattinson - The Wine front - 28th May 2008 "Two tastings of this now, one in February and one a couple of days ago, and both times I’ve scribbled in a 94-95 point range. The first tasting was amongst its siblings (Alexander Munro and Aunts) and the second amongst its peers (Graveyard and KISS). It’s aromatic and fresh with berries, plum, spice, a bit of earthiness and some liquorice richness coming through with a bit of airing - quite Rhôney even. Again the theme is replayed on the palate - medium bodied, bright and very lively with refreshing acidity, fine lightly grippy tannins and a real sense of vigour throughout. It has flavours of plum, spice and earth with a deft application of tasteful malty oak and a very long dry finish. Serious and stylish but really needing a bit of cellar time to show its best." 94+ Points.
Gary Walsh - Winorama - 26th May 2008 View more recent reviews |
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