Project Saignée

An exciting new project is happening right here in our Cellar Door!

I am enjoying exploring purity of fruit & texture development with our brand new wine globes. The globes are made from borosilicate glass - strong, pure and resistant. This makes these vats neutral and unalterable over time, meaning there is no release of elements into the wine.

There is also the obvious benefit of being able to see the wine,  which is usually hidden by oak or steel when using other  vessels to ferment or age. To make wine, why use a material  different from the one we choose for cellaring it & drinking it?

We have blended whole bunch Hunter Valley Shiraz and  whole bunch Orange Pinot Noir saignée parcels to make a wine which displays the peppery spice and gamey notes of the Hunter, with the sweet strawberry fruits and ripe glossy tannin of Pinot Noir. This will age on lees in the wine globes until early Spring, when it will be hand bottled by the team.

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The globes have been sourced from a French producer and we're only one of handful of producers currently using these in Australia. Discover more about these from the producer below.

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