February 2025 Releases: Kelvedon Estate 2019 Block 5 Pinot Noir $60 & Boomer Creek 2019 Pinot Noir $42

Kelvedon Estate 2019 Block 5 Pinot Noir $60

This elegant small batch wine, is bursting with aromas of dark fruit and spice, the flavours accompanied with the delicate combination of French oak and tannins create a wine that is full of depth that tastefully lingers on the palate. Made at Bay of Fires winery by Penny Jones and team. The Block 5 2019 Pinot Noir is essentially a 2019 vintage reserve wine . Block 5 at Kelvedon Estate is planted exclusively with the highly prized, low yielding MV6 Pinot Noir clone. The resulting fruit from this vineyard block is used to make the Kelvedon Estate ‘Block 5’ Pinot Noir. In the exceptional 2019 vintage, Kelvedon decided to produce a Limited Release Pinot Noir from the their best 3 barrels across their entire Pinot Noir production. The best three barrels were selected and as it turned out, they were all from block number 5. Therefore, this is a Limited Release wine by barrel selection, and also a single clone wine. Region: Kelvedon, East Coast, Tasmania Alc./ Vol. 13.9 %

Boomer Creek 2019 Pinot Noir $42

Boomer Creek Vineyard has two separate blocks, our first planted 3 hectare ocean block and our most recently planted 2 hectare Dam block. The Ocean block was first planted in 2012 with the most recent being our Dam block in 2022. The ocean site is set on a easterly facing slope rolling downhill towards the ocean, overlooking Schouten Island and the Little Swanport estuary. While our Dam block is neatly planted on a North facing slope overlooking our dam with vines planted north to south ensuring a good all round exposure to the suns warming and grape ripening rays. Soils are a Jurassic dolerite and deep red clay loam which give our wines their own unique flavour. Current varieties grown are Riesling, Chardonnay, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, Shiraz, Malbec, Merlot and Cabernet Franc. With regards to Vineyard up keep and maintenance we have a dedicated hands on approach to encourage the vines to produce the best fruit they can. All our vines are hand pruned and picked and we avoid the use of insecticides. Instead we prefer to use the force of Mother Nature and all her predator bugs to help keep troublesome bugs at bay. We have a strong focus on producing clean quality fruit with many of our days through summer spent managing the canopy and foliage to promote adequate sun exposure and air flow to control disease and optimise fruit production. All the fruit that goes into the Boomer Creek label is 100% picked from our single site estate vineyard. Our approach is to make wine making easy, by producing the highest quality fruit we can that reflects the unique characteristics of the terroir in each variety of our cool climate wines. Tasting Notes Savoury cardamom spice, vanilla and red cherry dance across the nose with hints of sap. The palate is silky smooth with elegant tannins and layers of red current, dark cherry & soft savoury clove spice. Best paired with dishes such as a veal ragu and roasted crispy skinned duck. WINE TECH Handpicked fruit from cane pruned vines. The blend consists of D2V5, G5V15, D5V12 and MV6 Pinot Noir clones. Majority of the fruit was destemmed prior to fermentation with 10% remaining on whole bunch. All the clones were fermented individually and remained separate in French oak barriques for 9 months to develop their own uniqueness before blending together in tank and cross flowing prior to bottling. Alcohol 13.7% Variety 100% Boomer Creek Grown Pinot Noir