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HUNTER VALLEY AUSTRALIAN WINE DISCOVERED YOUR NOTES AUSTRALIA NORTHERN TERRITORY Australia’s unique climate and QUEENSLAND landscape have fostered a fiercely independent wine scene, home WESTERN AUSTRALIA to a vibrant community of growers, SOUTH winemakers, viticulturists, and AUSTRALIA vignerons. With more than 100 grape varieties grown across 65 NEW SOUTH distinct wine regions, we have the WALES freedom to make exceptional wine, and to do it our own way. We’re not hunter beholden by tradition, but continue VICTORIA v a e y to push the boundaries in the pursuit of the most diverse, thrilling wines in the world. That’s just our way. 0 500 Kilometres TASMANIA Notes Notes New England Hwy Mitchell Hwy Newell Hwy Barrier Hwy Oxley Hwy Hunt V a HUNTER VALLEY: THE BIRTHPLACE Silver City Hwy One of Australia’s oldest wine NEWCASTLE OF AUSTRALIAN regions, the Hunter Valley remains a star of the Australian wine WINE community. - Warm, humid climate - Producing world-class Semillon, Western Hwy SYDNEY Chardonnay and Shiraz - Home to some of the world’s NSW oldest vine stock WOLLONGONG Sturt Hwy - Popular tourist destination Kings Hwy Hume Hwy Notes Notes Snowy Monaro Hwy Mountains Hwy TO DAY THE HISTORY 1830s Among the early pioneers OF HUNTER VALLEY: is Scottish immigrant James Busby, who helps establish the AN AUSTRALIAN Hunter Valley after introducing vine cuttings from Europe. - The history of WINE PIONEER WE’LL the Hunter Valley - Geography, climate and soil - Viticulture and MID winemaking Old vines 1820s 1800s - Early European settlers Dr Henry Lindeman moves to - Prominent varieties begin planting vines. Australia and quickly earns a reputation for exceptional wines. COVER… - Hunter Valley He becomes president of the local by numbers vineyard association and helps establish key varieties including Semillon, Verdelho and Shiraz. Notes Notes LATE LATE 1800s 1900s TO DAY Penfolds establishes a 600-acre The Hunter Valley gains a site at Wybong Park, beginning Hunter Valley is one of the reputation locally and globally a new chapter in viticulture in the most visited wine regions as a prominent wine region. Upper Hunter area. The Hunter in Australia. It continues Early pioneers pave the way, Valley’s wine industry flourishes to impress with world-class including the Tyrrell, Tulloch, and the region becomes Semillon, Chardonnay Wilkinson and Drayton families. known for superb Semillon. and Shiraz. A WARM-CLIMATE REGION OF NATURAL WONDERS EARLY Hunter Valley is classified geographically as a zone 1900s encompassing: Tyrrell’s HVD vineyard is planted, today one of the oldest - Hunter region Chardonnay vineyards in the world. Pokolbin begins to make its mark - Broke Fordwich subregion as a reputable wine-producing Pokolbin subregion area. Maurice O’Shea and his - family purchase the historic - Upper Hunter Valley subregion Mount Pleasant property. Notes Notes CLIMATE HIGH >1000M >3280FT GROWING LAT ITUDE SEASON MEDIUM HUNTER -HIGH VALLEY 750–999M RAINFALL 32° 2460–3279FT 54'S LOW SUBTROPICAL -MEDIUM WITH MARITIME INFLUENCES HUNT ER 500–749M 1640–2459FT VALLEY MEDIUM 500MM AL T I TUDE (19.7IN) HUNTER VALLEY LOW 50220M / 165–720FT 0–499M 0–1639FT Notes Notes MEAN JANUARY TEMPERATURE >1900 N T Very High AV - Varied across the region T I70 - Shiraz typically does best on >23°C 2, 1600 –1899 SOIL friable red duplex and loam soils High - Semillon typically does best R M on sandy alluvial flats 1300 HUNTER –1599 VALLEY Medium °C 22.3 1000 (72.1°F) –1299 Low D A T E HEAT 19°C–20.9°C DEGREE C L DAYS 17°C–18.9°C Notes Notes - A history of skilled grapegrowers adapting to climate and market changes - Quality over quantity - Signature varieties: Semillon, Chardonnay, Shiraz - Subtropical climate, heavy VITICULTURE AND WINEMAKING rains and summer storms IN THE HUNTER VALLEY: present a challenge SUCCESS CHALLENGES AGAINST AND REWARDS THE ODDS FOR GRAPEGROWERS Notes Notes - Long winemaking tradition - Early January to mid-February - New breed of innovative winemakers - Earlier than most other Australian regions - Minimal intervention, HARVEST preservative-free Semillon, alternative varietals, Shiraz and Pinot Noir blends WINEMAKING: AN EMPHASIS ON PREMIUM Notes Notes A GROWING HISTORY: - Vineyards dating back TASTE OF OLD VINES to the 1860s - The oldest Chardonnay vines in the world Top varieties - The largest acreage of HUNTER old vines, mainly Shiraz - Semillon growing on its own roots - Chardonnay VALLEY - Shiraz Notes Notes HUNTER VALLEY SEMILLON HUNTER VALLEY SEMILLON CHARACTERISTICS CHARACTERISTICS BOTTLE -AGED, COLOUR COLOUR UNOAKED STYLE Semillon (Youthful) YOUTHFUL, Semillon (Bottle-aged) TYPICAL FRUIT UNOAKED ST YLE FLAVOURS Light Medium Full Light Medium Full - Lemon BODY TYPICAL FRUIT BODY - Apple FLAVOURS - Quince Dry Medium dry Sweet - Lemon Dry Medium dry Sweet - Fig SWEETNESS FLAVOURS - Green apple SWEETNESS - Quince FLAVOURS Low Medium High Low Medium High TYPICAL OAK TYPICAL OAK SECONDARY ACIDIT Y SECONDARY ACIDIT Y FLAVOURS FLAVOURS - Toast 8% 10% – 11.5% 17% - Herbs 8% 10% – 12% 17% - Straw - Grassiness VALLEY HUNTER ALCOHOL ALCOHOL SEMILLON - Honey HUNTER VALLEY HUNTER - Honeysuckle SEMILLON - Vanilla Notes Notes HUNTER VALLEY CHARDONNAY HUNTER VALLEY SHIRAZ CHARACTERISTICS CHARACTERISTICS T YPICAL FRUIT FLAVOURS FLAVOURS COLOUR - Pepper Chardonnay - Lemon - Nectarine Light Medium Full - Blackberry - Apple - Melon FLAVOURS - Spice Light Medium Full BODY - Ripe peach - Mango - Plum BODY - Citrus - Pineapple Dry Medium dry Sweet - Dark cherry Dry Medium dry Sweet SWEETNESS - Chocolate - Toast - Cinnamon - Coffee SWEETNESS - Vanilla - Coconut Low Medium High Low Medium High - Butter - Nougat OAK - Toffee - Toasted TANNIN AZ OAK - Honey almond ACIDIT Y - Spice ACIDIT Y R - Crème COLOUR brulée 8% 12.5% – 14.5% 17% 8% 13.5% – 15.5% 17% ALCOHOL VALLEY HUNTER ALCOHOL T YPICAL FLAVOURS SHI WITH OAK MATURATION VALLEY HUNTER Shiraz A O A Y Notes Notes Other notable varieties: - Verdelho - Pinot Gris/Grigio - Pinot Noir - Viognier - Tempranillo - Fiano - Cabernet Sauvignon - Gewürztraminer - Cabernet Franc - Barbera BEST OF - Sangiovese THE REST EMERGING VARIETIES Notes Notes UNITED FINLAND EXPORT KINGDOM 3% I2% DESTINATIONS CHINA CRUSH 54% Approx. T O E S 3,660 PER YEAR TAI WAN OF AUST LIAN PROVINCE LESS % TOTAL GRAPE UNITED 4% = THAN STATES 1 C S H I5% HUNTER VALLEY BY NUMBERS ICONS AND VARIETIES % Shiraz A historic wine region WINE TYPE 29 Semillon % that’s only getting better 16 Chardonnay INNOVATION with age % % % TOP 5 % 14 Verdelho 53 47 VARIETIES % W T E RED 31 2 Tempranillo Notes Notes THANK YOU Notes Notes Wine Wine Wine Comments Comments Comments AUSTRALIAN WINE DISCOVERED TASTING SHEET Wine Wine Wine Comments Comments Comments AUSTRALIAN WINE DISCOVERED TASTING SHEET Wine Wine Wine Comments Comments Comments AUSTRALIAN WINE DISCOVERED TASTING SHEET Wine Wine Wine Comments Comments Comments AUSTRALIAN WINE DISCOVERED TASTING SHEET Wine Wine Wine Comments Comments Comments AUSTRALIAN WINE DISCOVERED TASTING SHEET.