Blackenbrook Vineyard
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2010
- Blackenbrook Vineyard and Winery 100% Sustainable
- Blackenbrook Food Appeal
- Silver from the International Wine Challenge in London
- Blackenbrook wines now available in Melbourne
- Michael Cooper gives top marks to our newly released Aromatics
- Dream Harvest at Blackenbrook Vineyard
- Blackenbrook Open Days once more a great success!
- Autumn at Blackenbrook
- Voice from our Vineyard
- Blackenbrook Gewürztraminer 2008 intrigues Raymond Chan
2009
- Christmas at Blackenbrook
- Blackenbrook Chardonnay for the Hobbits!
- Tom Stevenson impressed by Blackenbrook Vineyard
- Blackenbrook wines on their way to Canada!
- Spring at Blackenbrook
- Top honours for our Riesling 2008
- Blackenbrook at De Vil’s
- Winter Warmer Specials
- Web Only Special on our Riesling 2008
In the recent Winestate tasting Michael Cooper was once more impressed by our Aromatics:
5 Stars for Blackenbrook Pinot Gris 2009
This powerful, single-vineyard wine was hand-harvested at over 25 brix. Very ripely scented, it is a strapping wine with fresh, rich flavours of stonefruit, lychees and spices, gentle sweetness and finely balanced acidity. A distinctly Alsace-style wine, it should blossom with cellaring.
4 ½ Stars for Blackenbrook Riesling 2009
Very youthful, tight and racy, this estate-grown wine is a medium style with strong peach, lemon and lime flavours, woven with fresh acidity. Vibrantly fruity, with a minerally streak, it shows excellent intensity and obvious cellaring potential.
These ratings encourage us to work even harder on bringing our vineyard into balance and keeping our winemaking very gentle …. and they demonstrate once more how perfectly Nelson is suited to the great Alsatian varieties!
