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Three Wishes Vineyard produces estate grown, award winning premium wines. Our family wines are hand crafted to reflect the natural beauty and historic character of our vineyard site, where small parcels of Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Riesling grapes are grown on steep, ultra low yielding soils overlooking the beautiful Tamar River.
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§ 2008 Three Wishes Riesling - $20
- Estate Grown
- Alcohol: 13.1%
- Descriptors:
- Nose: Spicy, floral lifted finger limes with honeyed pear and grapefruit.
- Palate: A long palate length of well balanced sweet lime and lemon, with hints of tropical fruits supported by typical Tasmanian natural acidity.
- Wine making: 9 months in tank. 9% residual sugar left to balance slightly higher alcohol than is usual for the Three Wishes Style.
- Wine makers notes: A Wine that is only beginning to show its true potential. Fruit weight and structure of the wine makes it suitable for both sweet wine and dry white wine lovers !
§ 2008 Land Bridge Pinot Noir - $25
- Estate Grown
- Alcohol: 13.5%
- Descriptors:
- Nose – Earthy and smoky with hints of bright raspberry and cherry.
- Palate: Creamy red fruits with herbal nuances, refreshing acidity and a velvety structure.
- Winemaking: 50% whole bunch fermentation, 48 hour cold soak, co-fermented with 3% ripe chardonnay, minimal oak treatment, only lightly coppered and filtered prior to bottling.
- Ageing potential: 2-5 years.
- Wine Makers comments: A voluptuous fruit driven style, with surprisingly complex earthy and herbal characters. Designed to drink now or put down for a few years.
§ Three Wishes Vineyard 2007 Pinot Noir - A$35.00 per bottle.
- Tasting Notes:
- Nose: Typical but subtle pinot fruits of cherry and raspberry, with some floral, sweet pomegranate overtones (similar to our early pinot’s). Oak and savory characters evident also, and may overpower bouquet if the wine is warm (so serve at 18’C).
- Palate: Bright cherry and red fruits with a smoky savory, acidic finish. Some beetroot herbal characters evident also (similar to our Gold medal wining 04 Pinot).
- Winemaker: Guy Wagner
- Alcohol: 13.5%
- Wine making: 9 months on 20% new French “hogsheads” oak, and a mixture of 1-4 year old barrels. 48 hour cold soak, with some barrel fermentation. Whole berry with small amounts of whole bunch. Disease free vintage.
- Viticulture: Minimal chemical input, picked early to avoid berry dehydration. Some chicken and egg (poor fruit set).
- Notes: This wine was ranked very high (93/100) by Wine Business Monthly, see attached review by Nick Stock, and at bottling time I felt it was a more powerful but near identical version of our Gold Medal 04 Pinot. It has tightened up in bottle however, and needs time to develop and soften (as do all our Three Wishes Pinot’s), and I suggest decanting or opening bottle well prior to drinking. Should cellar 10 plus years. Current savory, dry finish will suit food, including rich dishes and red meat !
- * Note: Minimal chemical inputs: we spray only occasional organic “preventative” sprays, preferring to orientate our organic spray program directly to the weather conditions (ie only before or after significant weather events) ! We believe vineyard soil, canopy and eco system management is the most critical aspect in disease control. We don’t use any non organic pesticide chemicals unless we have an outbreak of disease (we reserve this right !). We don’t use any insecticides or fertilizers (organic kelp only), and have cut our under row herbicide sprays to once a vintage (one systemic glyco phosphate at spring). We are experimenting with all our chemical and water usage (introducing new products) and plan to farm according to some biodynamic principles over the next few years (teas, compost and other).
§ 2008 Three Wishes Chardonnay - $25
- Estate Grown
- Alcohol : 13%
- Descriptors:
- Nose – Fresh floral white peach, with spicy, savory grapefruit and nutty layers.
- Palate: Layers of lean savory oyster and elegant sweet nectarine, with bright zesty citrus acidity.
- Winemaking: 100% whole bunch fermented, wild yeast and lees stirring. 20% new French oak but made to be a lightly wooded style.
- Wine makers Comments: Designed to go well with food and have long lasting cellaring potential - 5 years plus.
§ 375mm 2008 Botrytis Riesling - $30
- Not Estate Grown
- Alcohol: 9%
- Descriptors:
- Nose: Floral, mandarin and apricot with hints of citrus
- Palate: Typical honey, lime and apricot with some surprising fresh acidity to accompany a heavy palate.
- Wine Makers Notes: This wine unfortunately re fermented after first bottling, and had to be re filtered, and although it has lost some of its funky ferment characters, it has turned out to be a blessing as it now displays beautiful clean botrytis characters typical of its genre ! Will only improve palate weight with time in bottle.
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