The current growing season (2014) will be low yielding. This is typical across the Peninsula and most of Victoria. The berries and bunches are small but full of flavour.
The 2014 vintage will see for the first time the inclusion of fruit from 2 rows (120 vines) of our recently grafted Burgundy Clone. The new clone was grafted in 2012 to the existing mature root stock.
After barrel sampling and careful evaluation, we have decided to make a Reserve wine as well as our Bellingham Estate Pinot Noir. It will be called ‘The Bellingham’.
2013 vintage was bottled just before Australia Day and winemaker Richard McIntyre has suggested that this year could be one of the finest vintages the Peninsula has seen.