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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.
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