Reviews...

Vintage: 2006

Established in 1972 and purchased by the Cumming family in 1989, there is an emphasis on producing high quality varietal table wines. Now over 300 acres of vineyards, only estate grown fruit is used in the production of our wines.

Soil is deep ripped before planting. Vines are spaced at approx one metre, with around 20 buds per vine, and hedged trellised, exposing the grapes to the sun to achieve maximum ripeness. They are cane pruned one year in four followed by three years of spur pruning. All vines are irrigated from the nearby Loddon river with ground level mini sprays. Red wine grapes are planted on heavy clay soil with pieces of limestone present in the soil.

Open stainless fermentation tanks. 18-22 degrees Celsius. Combination of pump-overs and plunging. Pressed at dryness with malolactic fermentation occurring before oak maturation.

Egg white fining and coarse filtration before going to bottle.

Aged in new, 1&2 year old American Hogsheads for 9-12 months.

Winemakers Tasting Note

Brilliant deep purple in appearance. There are strong berry and vanilla spice characters on the nose.

The palate is full and rich, typical of Water Wheel wines, with noticeable berry and liquorice flavours. The wine has excellent length with a long and persistent finish balanced with fine, chalky tannins.

It is ready to drink now and will continue to improve in the medium term.

A superb table wine, ideal to serve with a wide variety of red meat dishes.