
An oasis of green during the summer dry


Autumn colours during May
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| Henty
Estate, located to the north of Hamilton was established
in 1991. |
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The
vineyard is approximately halfway between the wine growing
regions of Great Western and Coonawarra. Our vineyard
is situated on the north facing slopes of an ancient
volcanic eruption point. Long dry summers and autumns
combine with the well drained red brown clay soils to
produce full flavoured cool climate grapes of superb
quality.
The
seven hectares of vines rows are orientated north south
to ensure even sunlight exposure to both sides of the
canopy. The vines are cane pruned and vertical shoot
positioned. This management regime is very labour intensive
and achieves excellent fruit distribution along the
canes as well as enhancing bunch ripening whilst minimising
disease risk.
Vine yields are controlled by pruning, shoot thinning
and selective bunch thinning after veraison. Our aim
is to achieve crop levels that will achieve full ripeness
by late April for Shiraz and Cabernet. In most years,
harvest levels do not exceed four tonnes per hectare.
The vines are netted to ensure we do not compromise
the grape quality in the final stages with bird peck
and subsequent infection.

Updated
22 August, 2008
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