Winery & Vintage Info
VintageThis is the eighth Stargazer Pinot Noir to come from the Palisander Vineyard, purchased in February 2016. Located in the Tea Tree subregion of the Coal River Valley, twenty minutes northeast of Hobart, the older section of the vineyard was planted in 2002. Primarily brown dermosol on Jurassic dolerite, the plant material is combination of clones, the majority of which is G5V12 or Wadenswil. The 2022 also includes clones Abel, 115, 111 and MV6 from the blocks planted in 2017. It is all cane pruned and trained to a vertical shoot positioned canopy, and extensively shoot and fruit thinned in the spring and summer as required.
The ongoing La Nina conditions of the last few years delivered some solid rainfall during the winter months which continued through spring. Bud-burst was delayed until late-September, and the wet conditions slowed things down considerably with flowering particularly prolonged this year, stretching through December. Canopy growth was vigorous when it started to warm up and meant lots of hours shoot thinning and leaf plucking to open up the canopy and reduce disease pressure. The start of the new year saw things fine up considerably; and January and February were dry and warm, continuing through Autumn until a cold snap at Easter.
