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Wine Description
The Story
A madly rare, profoundly intense and exquisitely balanced wine which reflects the nuances of an exceptional vineyard site. The Reserve is made from five rows of ‘precocious’ Pinot Noir vines in the centre of a closely spaced (9000 vines/hectare) north-east facing vineyard planted on silty loams. Winemaker Phillip Jones is increasingly using "minimal intervention" principles to achieve a natural balance and optimum flavour development. He belie...
Vintage 1989
The 1989 vintage in Australia was a mixed, highly variable campaign across the country's primary wine regions, marked by unpredictable weather patterns that presented significant challenges in the vineyard—especially when contrasted with the exceptionally dry, warm harvest conditions enjoyed in 1988 and 1990.
A wet spring and erratic summer across southern Australia led to uneven flowering and fruit set in many districts. Rain late in the g...
