Our aim at Lone Crow is to produce
memorable, quality wines for the enjoyment
of all wine lovers anywhere anytime.
the vineyard
Lone Crow vineyard is planted on 5 hectares of well drained loam soil helped by a
bed of well draining underlining clay,
good rain fall
in the Sabina Vale contributes to
the success of this hand nurtured vineyard.
Planted in the shadow of the
Witcher Ranges to the north and a short distance from Geographe Bay, the hills and
cool
sea breezes
help to keep the summers mild.
Planted to the current varieties in 1996 by Kim and his father Trevor.
The vineyards consists of 2 hectares sauvignon blanc,
2 hectares shiraz and 1 hectare merlot, all the vines are VSP trellis
planted and hand pruned.
vintage report - Jodie and Kim Espinos
2010
Warm days and cool night
added to the stucture of the fruit in 2010, although a fairly quick vintage
with all white fruit off
the vines by april and reds shortly after. The
fruit quality was vert good with bold but restrained fruit charecters on the
Sav blanc giving a fresh and vibrant full flavour wine when in bottle.
Reds have good structure of fruit and tannins with
soft acids, a year in
bottle befor release will see them both drinking very well.
2011
A Quick vintage this year due to a burst of hot
weather in late February, we also had a change in viticulture practice this
year with extensive bunch and leaf pruning giving smaller tonnage but
increased flavour,
almost perfect bud
burst and ripening season lead to a mild entrance of summer. Just before
vintage the weather warms up with hot days and there is a race to get the
sauvignon blanc picked and into the winery. The sav blanc is at almost
perfect sugar and acid levels and is first to go to ferment. First tastes
reveals a stunning combination of powerful herbaceous fruit with good crisp
acid and looking like a great year for sav blanc.
The shiraz and merlot were picked a few weeks
later than the whites with still warm weather the reds ripened slowly from
November to February then a spell of hot weather bought the sugar levels up
in a rush. Both reds have good strong fruity characters and balanced acid
and tannins, from first taste after ferment both will progress well in
barrel and will be great drinking when bottled early 2012
winemaking
We currently produce 3 wines,
(tasting notes below) all our fruit is estate grown and night
harvested for optimum freshness
at the winery. The wines
are made under contract at the Forester Estate winery, by well known
Margaret River
winemaker Kevin McKay and show
the full fruit style and individual characters that the area and winemaker is well known
for.
