Although vintage is between three and four months away, it is ever present in our minds. In the meantime though we have plenty to keep us busy. For instance we’ve modified our existing 4000 litre stainless steel tanks to have doors and racking valves. This gives us further flexibility in or out of vintage when racking juice … Continue reading New doors for the fours…
As we head into the crucial phase of flowering, a top up of the trace elements is sometimes required due to the specific demands of the vine within the relatively small window in which flowering occurs. Through our drip irrigation system we release a nutrient rich emulsion of seaweed and fish that is further charged … Continue reading Fertigating the Vineyard
Currently in the winery we are about to place our oak order for the 2012 vintage, securing our selected barrels and ensuring that they have adequate time to arrive from France. The above photo illustrates our oak matrix and the myriad of elements that make up the decision making process. To make it more interesting, … Continue reading Decisions, decisions…
Now that we have seen off (most of) the frosts which can lay waste to tender buds and/or shoots, our next major phase is flowering and fruit set. This is one of the most important windows in the growing season as the rate of success literally dictates the total crop potential for that season. At this point our bunches … Continue reading Flower Power!
As you may be aware the Macedon Ranges Budburst festival is on this coming weekend, where the cellars open their doors and arms to welcome you to what our region has to offer. Curly Flat is no exception to this and like the duality of smoke and fire, where there’s great wine there’s fine food. To … Continue reading A very special weekend…
With weather starting to warm up and on top of some good rainfall we’ve had a growth spurt over the last few days. As our minds turn to the weather and coupled with fact that our crystal ball is perennially in repair, we are left to wonder about this seasons weather. Our friends at the Bureau of … Continue reading 2012 Vintage coming along…
As you can see the 2010 Chardonnay is bottled and now begins it’s next phase of life whilst awaiting its release in 2012. Why wait some might say, but as the journey of each chardonnay has taken 2 years from bud to bottle, our model has always been to let our Curly Flat wines reintegrate … Continue reading 2010 Chardonnay in bottle!
Come next Tuesday, we’ll be bottling the 2010 Curly Flat Chardonnay. Before we bottle, we currently filter the Chardonnay using Cross Flow Filtration technology. The reasons we choose this filter type are two-fold. Firstly, it is non-oxidative as the vertical columns which contain the filtering medium are enclosed and air tight, so no air can … Continue reading 2010 Curly Flat Chardonnay almost in bottle…
