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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
21 Apr, 2010
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