Three Wishes Vineyard

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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§ Three Wishes Vineyard 2007 Riesling - A$25.00 per bottle (minimal stocks available)

• Tasting notes:
• Nose: Lifted, aromatic spicy grapefruit and pear, with some bready (yeast) overtones.
• Palate: Dry (no residual sugar)and crisp, with complex spicy lemon and stone fruit characters. Good palate weight and powerful structure.
• Winemaker: Guy Wagner Bass Fine Fines
• Alcohol: 12.5%
• Viticulture: Minimal chemical inputs. Yields around 4 tonnes per hectare. Disease free vintage, with some botrytis (less than 5%).
• Notes: Scored a high silver medal at last years Royal Hobart International Wine Show, ranking 5th highest score overall in the open class (in a big class of wines). Great cellaring potential, will develop more honey and toast with age. Comments are often made (same for our 05/06 award winning Riesling) that it has typical “Germanic” overtones ( ie spicy late picked dry characters) !!

§ Three Wishes Vineyard 2006 “Landbridge” Pinot - A$25.00 per bottle, ($20.00 per bottle for case orders)

• Bronze Medal Hobart International Wine Show November 2007
• Picked late march 2006 at 13.0 be, low yields (4 tonne per hectare), approx 250 cases, 5 mixed clones
• Wine maker: Guy Wagner, Bass Fine Wines
• Wine making: Tank fermented, 8 months in reconditioned oak, an additional 6 months in new and 1-2 year old French oak.
• Descriptors: Nose - Rich spicy plumb, berry and quince, with some earthy and savoury overtones. Palate - Powerful plumb and dark berry fruits with some hints of savory sour cherry , balanced by smooth silky tannins from extended oak maturation. Finishes long and dry with crisp acidity.
• Comments: Drinking well now, especially with beef or game, will reward 2-5 years of careful cellaring.

§ 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).

§ Three Wishes Vineyard 2007 Chardonnay - A$25.00 per bottle.

• Tasting notes:
• Nose: Funky but smart. Stone fruits of peach and nectarine with some savory cashew, oatmeal overtones. “Old world” or “old fashioned” ? Either way its different !
• Palate: Fresh and lifted with a delightful fruit sweetness and weighty mouth feel. Finishes crisp and spicy.
• Winemaker: Rebecca Wilson Holm Oak Wines
• Winemaking: 30% new french oak. 60% wild yeast fermentation. 30% solids run off after pressing and separately wild fermented, added back pre bottling. No intentional malolactic fermentation (but possibility of wild malo), minor citric acid addition prior to bottling.
• Alcohol: 13.5%
• Viticulture: *Minimal chemical input. Yield -2.5 tonnes a hectare. Disease free vintage.
• Notes: Currently our most popular wine, especially for restaurant sales. Grown in a low yielding, frost and drought affected vintage. Made by a Margaret River wine maker, in a different style to other Tasmanian chardonnays. Drink now or cellar carefully for 2-5 years.

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