Winery & Vintage Info
Inspired by Trentham Estate's surroundings, the winery reflects on the essential nature of the Murray Darling to create wines of distinction and sustainability.
The grape variety is a relative of Pinot Noir and known as Pinot Grigio in Italy and Pinot Gris in France. It can be made into wines of varied styles. The Gris style is generally riper, richer and a more generous style than the Grigio style of Italy. These grapes were picked at full ripeness at the end of January and into early February, yielding intense flavour and texture.
The 2023 vintage was another great season following the ideal 2021 & 2022. The season featured warm, mild weather which was ideal for the vineyards, but the harvest was delayed by two weeks due to cool weather. The vintage has produced beautiful wines with lifted aromatic whites and deep coloured, full flavoured reds.
Once harvested, the fruit was quickly crushed and lightly pressed to avoid too much colour pick-up from the coloured skins. Several juice fractions were cold settled and racked, and kept individual for fermentation. The ferment was carried out with a variety of selected yeasts. Prior to bottling the separate parcels were carefully blended to capture the purity and style intended.nWinery Notes
