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Hunter Valley Wine Varieties -
Hunter Valley Wine - Semillon - Hunter Valley Semillons are traditionally picked in the early part of the vintage with a sugar level of between 10 & 12 degrees baume. The wine is invariably fermented without the use of any oak and the finished wine is one of relatively low alcohol. Semillon, while young is fresh, crisp and with zesty citrus characters, however the magic of Hunter Semillon is only truly realised with age. This remarkable wine can mature and blossom for two decades and beyond and many people believe the wines are at their best around 8-10 years after vintage. The Hunter Valley is recognised as the world’s leader in the production of dry white wines made from Semillon. Nowhere else on the globe do they craft a style even close to the Hunter’s traditional low-alcohol, ageworthy Semillon. Hunter Valley Semillon is widely regarded as Australia’s unique white wine – a Hunter Valley wine style unlike all others, based on unique climatic conditions, Australian ingenuity and more than 150 years of practice.
Hunter Valley Wine - Shiraz - Hunter Valley Shiraz (known as Hermitage or Burgundy until the late 1970s) has established itself as one of Australia’s great red wine styles.
Hunter Valley Wine - Chardonnay - Chardonnay is the world’s most popular white grape variety and the most widely planted white grape variety in Australia. Chardonnay in the Hunter is a white variety of great importance with several producers making some of Australia’s finest styles of Hunter Valley wine.
Hunter Valley Wine - Verdehlo - Due to its natural ability to withstand heat and the occasional bit of rain, Verdelho has become a natural partner to the Hunter and its wines are growing in importance in the Valley. Hunter Verdelho is a naturally full-bodied, fruit driven style of wine that is becoming increasingly popular with Australian wine lovers.
Hunter Valley Wine - Other Varieties - increasingly we are seeing other varieites of Hunter Valley Wine springing up all over the Hunter Valley. Hunter Valley wine varieties such as Sangiovese, Chambourcin, Pinot Gris and Gewurz to name a few - giving the area a distinctive european flavour.
Hunter Valley Wine Regions -
There are 125 wineries and over 6,000 hectares of vineyard situated in the Hunter which has been producing wine since 1830, and is Australia’s oldest wine region. The region is divided into distinct areas - visit one - or visit them all for a total Hunter Valley wine experience. CLICK ON THE LINKS TO GO DIRECTLY TO....
Enjoy the relaxed ambience of wine country at one of the Hunter Valley’s prettiest vineyards. Here, your wine-tasting experience will be enhanced by the breathtaking surrounds of our beautifully manicured vineyard and the magnificent valley vista.
Visit Nightingale Wines, the home of the 2005 James Busby Trophy. Meet the people who grow the fruit, make the wine and present it at Cellar Door. Select from our range of medal-winning wines. Enjoy the Nightingale Wines experience in one of the prettiest vineyards and Cellar Doors in the Hunter Valley. Open 7 days from 10am to 4pm.
Nightingale Wines Club Boutique is a unique Wine Club that distributes excellent, quality wines for the Nightingale Wines label. Nightingale Wines has its 'Gail Grove' vineyard in the beautiful Broke Fordwich area of the Hunter Valley. An invitation to join Nightingale Wines Club Boutique is extended to you. Here is an opportunity to be a Member of our premium Wine Club with all the benefits, privileges and status associated with our medal-winning boutique wines.
The collaboration of the soils with the sun, wind, rain and our thirty-year-old vines enable us to craft some of the Hunter's most complex award winning wines.
A view like no other - As for the view, we'd love to take the credit, but it is someone else's work.
So come with us and explore the place, the promise and the pleasures of Bimbadgen Estate.
Hunter Valley Cellars brings you enjoyable and affordable wines. Indulge your senses in a tasting, wander through our unique underground cellars, and be drawn into the world of wines.
Your experience at the Kelman Vineyard will be totally unique.
Our philosophy on grape growing, farming and winemaking is different to any other vineyard site. The small community aspect and friendly service is the one way to experience the Hunter at its best.
You will find McLeish Estate nestled in the heart of the Lower Hunter of Pokolbin. Surrounded by 11 Hectares of vineyard which is responsible for producing many Gold and Trophy Award winning wines, available to you from our small privately owned boutique Cellar Door. Since 1985 Bob and Maryanne McLeish have ventured into Viticulture on their estate in Pokolbin, which has now culminated with the opening of their Cellar Door to the public.
The high standard of McLeish Wines reflects the finest quality. So visit McLeish Estate and enjoy the friendly cellar door atmosphere where you'll be treated to the taste of premium current releases and aged wines through to our 'Jessica's' Botrytis Semillon while nibbling on homemade delicacies. Boutique Wines at McLeish Estate are guaranteed 100% Hunter Valley and only use handpicked grapes from the Estate.
McWilliam’s Mount Pleasant Estate – nestled in the slopes of the Brokenback Range in NSW’s lower Hunter Valley – was established in 1921 by legendary winemaker, the late Maurice O’Shea.
Today, the Hunter Valley is widely regarded as the home of semillon, and McWilliam’s as the producer of Australia’s best wines from the variety.
“Australian semillon is usually quite recognisable,” said Mount Pleasant Chief Winemaker, Phillip Ryan. “When young it is austere and fresh. It has a high natural acidity even in the warm Hunter Valley region where it can age wonderfully. After some years of bottle age, it tends to develop rich buttery toasty flavours.”
Boutique vineyards have long maintained the traditions of wine regions by producing what the region does best rather than what the current market demands. The Hunter Valley is famous for Semillon & Shiraz. Pokolbin Estate is all about Semillon & Shiraz. We have received 125 show awards in the past 8 years for our two flagship wines.
We are a privately owned wine company, with an organic philosophy underpinning our viticulture and winemaking.
From two distinct regions of NSW - the Hunter Valley and Orange Highlands, Australia we grow quality grapes using certified organic methods to make our Members Reserve and Gestalt ranges of organic wines. We follow two simple philosophies -
“Quality not quantity” and
“We did not inherit the Earth from our forefathers, we are borrowing it from our descendants.” Mark Davidson: Managing Director / Chief Winemaker
Wombat Crossing Vineyard is a micro-boutique producer of fine table wines in Pokolbin, NSW, Australia. The first wines under our label were vintaged in 2005.
The range of wines, made off-site by winemaker Scott Stephens, is modest in size but exceptional in quality. Our vineyards were established in 1996, planted to the traditional forte of varieties for the Hunter Valley - Semillon, Shiraz and Chardonnay. Each wine inherits its characteristics from the soils in its individual paddock vineyard, naturally varied by the climate experienced during that vintage at our property. The owner undertakes all vigneron roles on the property. We use low input viticultural processes that result in low yielding vines, and we hand-pick the grapes each vintage.
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