Witches Falls Winery - Mount Tamborine Gold Coast Queensland Australia - Australian Award Winning Wine and Winemakers

Tasting Notes

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As the name suggests, in a 'wild' ferment no commercial yeast is added.  Instead we encourage the juice to ferment with the indigenous yeasts present on the grape skins.  While the outcomes of such ferments can't be predicted, they are often spectacular.  Witches Falls have produced a Wild Ferment Chardonnay every vintage since 2005 and have been so pleased with the outcomes, that in 2009 have expanded the Wild Ferment Range to include our 2009 Wild Ferment Grenache.

Spicy black pepper, dark cherry and toffee aromas deliver an intriguing nose, leading to a warm inviting palate.  The wine was matured in used French oak barriques to allow the full expression of the Grenache fruit characteristics.   

 

Vineyard Location and Condition

Grenache, once one of the most widely grown variteities in Australia, is now enjoying renewed popularity. It is also the second most widely planted variety in the world.

The fruit for this wine was grown by Davydd and Cheryl Westlake at Campbell's Vineyard in the Ballandean District of the Granite Belt.  The Granite Belt is situated on the Great Dividing Range 850m above sea level and 95 km inland from the coast. The winters are cold and frosty and summers warm producing a continental climate. Most of the region's rainfall comes in spring feeding the growing buds and shoots. The soil is largely composed of granite, somewhat on the acidic side and is very free draining.

Wine Analysis

Colour	Ruby red
Nose	Spicy black pepper, dark cherry and toffee
Palate	Spicy pepper and confectionary
Alc/vol	15.0% alc
Cellar	Can age but perfect young
Serve With	Marinated food from the BBQ