Trentham Estate

2015 Vintage Wrap Up By Trentham Estate Posted May 1, 2015

From the Winemaker…

The highlight has been Renee joining the company on a full-time basis. She brings to this new position enthusiasm and flair and will greatly enhance our marketing potential.

We have also just completed our 2015 vintage with nearly 3,400 tonnes crushed in 8 ½ weeks – a very smooth and mostly problem free harvest. The new wines look very good with good fruit ...

Trentham’ s winery has been operating since 1988, where it has grown from the initial 30 tonne crush to a minimal but state-of-the-art facility handling up to 5,000 tonnes of premium fruit each vintage. It allows the flexibility to perform different winemaking styles, resulting in the diverse and always consistent Trentham Estate wines.

Today, Anthony is assisted with the making of Trentham’s wines by Winemakers Shane Kerr and Mark Hol...

The 46 hectares that make up Trentham Estate’s vineyards sit on a winding riverbank at Trentham Cliffs. The ideal terroir of red loam over limestone soils combined with nurturing water from the Murray River allows the vines to flourish.

Meticulously managed by viticulturist Patrick Murphy, the vineyard today comprises over twenty different grape varieties. The oldest vines were planted over half a century ago.

Harvest typically begi...

One of the most important decisions in the winemaking process is the harvest date. The ripeness level of the fruit largely determines the flavour and style of the wine. To pick the grapes at their best involves lots of testing and tasting of the fruit from each individual block to get the timing right. All the fruit is machine harvested which results in the fruit getting to the winery quickly and in top condition.

The fruit is put thro...

Anthony Murphy, Managing Director/Chief Winemaker

Anthony graduated from Roseworthy College in 1978 with a Bachelor of Applied Science in Oenology and began his winemaking career at Mildara Blass before establishing Trentham Estate with his brother Patrick in 1988.

In 2006 Anthony and Pat were nominated for Australian Gourmet Traveller WINE magazine’s ‘Winemaker of the Year’ award; the brothers were the first grapegrowing-winemaking team...