Gruner harvest 2011

 

Vintage 2011 has proved to be particularly cool and unusually wet.  Despite this, we have just successfully harvested the Gruner Veltliner. It seems that the thick skin that this variety is endowed with has given it considerable protection against botrytis which has, this year, ravaged vineyards all over the state and beyond. Hand-harvesting also has its advantages as it is very easy to simply drop any fruit on the ground that has been damaged.

The grapes were picked into small 20kg baskets and have been chilled at zero C overnight. The great excitement is now to taste the free run juice when the fruit is pressed later today.

Marc with a handful of freshly picked Gruner

Once again, this vintage, we will be making our wine in the fresh, medium-bodied style without any wood aging or malo lactic fermentation. This is similar to the classic ‘Federspiel’ style of the Wachau wine region in Austria.We hope to release vintage 2011 by October this year. For more information about our wines please go to our web site www.hahndorfhillwinery.com.au

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