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Vintage 2010
A problematic year for the Canberra District with
some fruit losses in spring due to frost & cold weather. Heavy
late summer rains caused berry split and mildew problems for many
varieties. The resulting fruit in the Taemas vineyard was
considered unsuitable for the production of any Taemas wines for
Vintage 2010.
Vintage 2009
Reasonable spring rainfall was followed by a very dry
summer. The early heat of February did not damage any fruit
and the rest of the month was mild - as was March. Grapes
ripened slowly and harvest was spread over four weeks from 20 March
till 18 April. Our Pinot Noir, Shiraz/Viognier and Merlot were
again processed by Brian and his team at McKellar Ridge.
Vintage 2008
A dry winter and early spring period was followed by
three months of regular rainfall. A dry cool February slowed
ripening but was followed by hot dry weather at the beginning of
March which quickly ripened all varieties and brought about our
earliest ever harvest period.
Pinot Noir, Merlot and Shiraz (and its Viognier) were all
hand-picked in March and again processed for us by Brian Johnston at
his winery. These three wines completed their maturation in a
mix of new and once-used French oak.
Vintage 2007
Due to frost no wines were produced from Vintage 2007.
Vintage 2006
A very hot, dry summer turned into a cool, early
(still dry) autumn in late March. This cool weather enabled
the perfectly ripe fruit of each variety to be harvested with
optimal flavours. The very ripe Viognier was harvested
coincidentally with the Shiraz used in the first vintage of Taemas
Shiraz Viognier. Production of this wine was limited to 72
cases in keeping with the Taemas philosophy of small quantities of
ultra-premium wines. Similarly, the quality of our Pinot Noir
fruit enabled a release of a 2006 Reserve Pinot Noir. Both
wines were made by Dr Brian Johnston at his McKellar Ridge winery.
Due to the exceptional quality of the fruit, the balance of our
Shiraz was processed on our behalf by Canberra Winemakers. In
addition to the very limited Shiraz-Viognier there was a
straight 2006 Taemas Shiraz made.
The Limited Release 2006 Shiraz Viognier, the Reserve 2006 Pinot
Noir and the 2006 Shiraz were bottled in July 2007.
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