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NOTES
A new vineyard in an ancient place with a powerful philosophy entwining them.... Situated below the Mount Barker summit in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia, Ngeringa is tended by the overlooking mystique of the rocks that are the Mount Barker and the traditional lores that surround them. Nourished through the simplicity of biodynamic farming practices, we believe Ngeringa carries an energy which identifies its individuality and sense of place.
Erinn and Janet’s approach to both the growing and the making of the wine is purposely traditional doing much in the vineyard by hand and being as least interventionist in the winemaking as possible. They aim to create wines of a traditional style with elegance and structure. Their minimalist approach favours hand harvest and small batch winemaking, only wild fermentation and the use of minimal new (French) oak.
TASTING NOTES
A perfumed and spicy nose of violets and nutmeg, fruits of blue and red forest berries. An affirmative and velvety palate, blueberry and crisp blood plum fruit. Fresh earthy undertones lead to a lengthy savoury finish. It's young now, but watch it open and blossom. A wine to cellar.
PAST REVIEWS
Biodynamic producer to watch. Excellent complexity and balance... Lovely light- to medium-bodied wine. Sour cherries, meat, smoke, spice and sweet raspberries. Excellent brightness and follow through. Love the acidity here. Should perform well in the cellar. 91 points, Campbell Mattinson, The Winefront September 30th, 2008
Lightning on the blackberry bushes. Ozone. Fig, prune, quince. The same nostril-frotting, snufflike edge - from the country round this vineyard - that the 07 Viognier reeks of. It's in the incredible Ngeringa olive oil, too. It's like putting down the window of the car there in the spring. Absolutely leaping with life. Gentle, refined, slenderly syrupy, the same sort of stuff you just inhaled slithers round the palate like a snake. It's a bit tetchy so early in its confinement, but it'll eventually chill out and drape itself across you real Breathless Mahoney-ish. No. Carmen Miranda. But that wouldn't be a drape. Mmm. The tannins are teasing and velvety, and persistent. The exhalation is wicked. Makes me want to smoke a Sobranie Black Russian and rub blue cheese on my chest. But there's a good argument to wait fifteen years and have it before you go to the Twilight Farm. 93+++ Points, Philip White, www.drankster.blogspot.com 12 Oct 08
Lovely texture, weight and mouthfeel; a cascade of fruit at perfect ripeness, long finish, super-fine tannins.
96 points, James Halliday, Australian Wine Companion 2009 (2005 Vintage Review)
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