Winter newsletter
Well an unusual thing happened a few weeks ago - an enormous clean up! So not just the cellar was sorted out but also Reg's work bench, however one had slightly more interesting bounty than the other.....
In doing so we opened a few of the old, old wines and there was plenty to be surprised and a bit impressed by. This photograph was a bracket of pinot noir (pre Lily naming days). The specially labelled bottle for the launch of Wivine de Stoop's 'A Pleasure of the Table' cookbook was certainly a pleasure. The 1975 was sadly corked, but the 1978 and 1981 were both looking pretty good for their age considering the lack of bottling line technology available in those days. The 1977 was tasted again a few days later and was delicious and at 38 years old that's not too bad at all - does anyone still have some?
Unfortunately we only have the odd bottle of some of the early wines left but we are enjoying gradually sifting through the stash and cataloguing anything worth keeping.
So we thought you might be interested in hearing about how they tasted and also seeing the some of early labels.
As for younger wines, our annual newsletter will be sent out in September, so please let us know, by following this link, if you have had a change of contact details.
Open Days 2015
This year's release days have been set aside for October as follows:
Saturday 16th October
Saturday 23rd October
both days 10am to 4pm.
On tasting will be the very (again) short supply 2014 Isabella chardonnay and 2014 Lily pinot noir. As well as the 2013 Cabernet wines - the Amelia cabernet merlot and the Hannah cabernet franc merlot.
In doing so we opened a few of the old, old wines and there was plenty to be surprised and a bit impressed by. This photograph was a bracket of pinot noir (pre Lily naming days). The specially labelled bottle for the launch of Wivine de Stoop's 'A Pleasure of the Table' cookbook was certainly a pleasure. The 1975 was sadly corked, but the 1978 and 1981 were both looking pretty good for their age considering the lack of bottling line technology available in those days. The 1977 was tasted again a few days later and was delicious and at 38 years old that's not too bad at all - does anyone still have some?
Unfortunately we only have the odd bottle of some of the early wines left but we are enjoying gradually sifting through the stash and cataloguing anything worth keeping.
So we thought you might be interested in hearing about how they tasted and also seeing the some of early labels.
As for younger wines, our annual newsletter will be sent out in September, so please let us know, by following this link, if you have had a change of contact details.
Open Days 2015
This year's release days have been set aside for October as follows:
Saturday 16th October
Saturday 23rd October
both days 10am to 4pm.
On tasting will be the very (again) short supply 2014 Isabella chardonnay and 2014 Lily pinot noir. As well as the 2013 Cabernet wines - the Amelia cabernet merlot and the Hannah cabernet franc merlot.
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