Meerea Park
Winemaker, Rhys Eather is a Roseworthy (Adelaide University) graduate in Wine Science and has gained international winemaking experience in France and Italy. Spending the 1998 vintage at M. Chapoutier in the Rhone Valley gave Rhys the experience and insight required to craft top quality Rhone styled wines, which he openly admits as to having a great passion for. Rhys has also completed two vintages in Italy (Puglia and Piedmonte) rounding out his international winemaking experience.
Meerea Park, while taking a modern approach to winemaking, can trace their winemaking roots in the Hunter Valley back to the 1850's when Alexander Munro, the great-great-grandfather established the 'Bebeah' vineyard at Singleton and was at one stage the largest and most successful winemaker in New South Wales. During his winemaking career he amassed over 2000 awards at wine shows around the world.
Background: The XYZ brand wines constitute modern styles of the Hunter staples of Semillon, Chardonnay and Shiraz. New Generation wines.
Fruit source: Fruit for this wine is from a mature Chardonnay vineyard within the Broke-Fordwich sub-region of the Hunter Valley.
Fermentation: The fruit was whole bunch pressed and then barrel fermented with no malolactic fermentation allowed.
Maturation: 100% French oak ranging from one year-old to three years-old for seven months.
Tasting notes: A restrained nose of white peach and rock melon with subtle spicy oak. The palate has stone-fruit flavours, well managed oak and precise acidity.
Cellaring estimate: Short term.
Suggested food match: Fuller flavoured seafood, chicken and pasta cuisine.
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WINERY RATING |
James Halliday, Australian Wine Companion 2010 |
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