Eldridge Estate Wines

2009 Sauvignon Blanc Semillon

Price: $ 25.00

The aromas are soft with grassiness, guava and a hint of tropical flavours. The palate is a soft version of cool climate sauvignon blanc showing a lovely balance of tropical flavours and goosberry.

 

Food match: seafood, fragrant curries, thai cuisine.

 

This wine contains 18% semillon. The grapes were whole bunched pressed and the juice settled over night. The clear juice was inoculated with yeast and when the ferment was finished the wine was cold stabilised in preparation for bottling. This wine was bottled in October 2009.

 


2008 Eldridge Estate Chardonnay Clone 96

Price: $ 45.00

Clone 96 Chardonnay is only released, as a separate bottling, in years that we think are outstanding.

This wine opens with stone fruit and melon Read more »on the nose. French oak and the malolactic fermentation add to the complexity of the aroma.

The palate opens with rich oak and broadens to melon and peach. A long palate and clean finish make this a real experience.


Food match: Salt and pepper clamari


2008 Pinot Noir Clonal Blend

Price: $ 75.00

This is the second release of our favourite blend of  Pinot Noir. This is a blend of clones from across the vineyard. It has a dark ruby colour with a nose of dark cherries. The palate is very long co Read more »mmencing with bright red berry flavours that move seamlessly to dark berry fruits and a hint of spice. In our opinion this is the finest expression of Pinot Noir yet seen from our vineyard.


Food match: Roast Duck

 


2008 Eldridge Estate Chardonnay

Price: $ 40.00

Creamy, nutty and mealy complexities crowd the nose. The palate is complex, powerful and intense with rich but balanced flavours of nuts, fig, peach and pear, as well as subtle toasty notes. Fruit dominated with real refinement and complexity.


2008 Eldridge Estate Pinot Noir

Price: $ 50.00

This wine has an elegant nose of raspberry, redcurrant and violets. The palate is restrained with sweet fruit and bright acidity. Fine grained chocolatey French oak plays a supporting role amid fine silky tannins and seamless persistence.

 

 

Food Match:  pair with poultry, beef, fish, ham, lamb and pork. Pinot Noir will play well with creamy sauces, spicy seasonings and may just be one of the world's most versatile food wines.

 


2008 Semillon

Price: $ 25.00

A flavour packed wine with a bit of grapefruit and lemon behind a grassy backbone. The wine is bone dry with a firm acid finish. 

 

Food Match: Bouillabaise, Waldorf salad.

 

The grapes for this wine were whole bunch pressed, settled overnight and the clear juice placed in one 4 year old french oak barrel. The fermentation was carried out by indigenous yeast. The wine was cold stabilised and bottled in October 2008.


2008 North Patch Chardonnay

Price: $ 30.00

The nose has aromas of yeasty/lees with a bit of melon. The palate begins with a bit of pear and melon and moves into the complex barrel fer Read more »ment character with a creamy flavour and texture giving great length and power.

 

Food match: oven roasted chicken or baked snapper 


2008 Eldridge Estate Gamay

P Read more »rice: $ 35.00

The nose is spicy with cherry and a little blueberry. The palate is very clean with berry flavours and a crisp acid finish. It can take light chilling in summer. 

 

Food match: Thai, Lebanese, Moroccan, Spanish cuisine


2007 Eldridge Estate Pinot Noir

Price: $ 50.00

There is a small quantity of this wine available. 2 bottle limit per order

Deep red colour with a no Read more »se that is rich with summer berries. The palate starts with red cherry, moves through some blackberry and a little fennel. The finish is long and supple, held together with finely balanced oak and finishing acid.

This wine is made to last!

Food match : Duck cassoulet.


2007 Pinot Noir Clone MV6

Price: $ 50.00

There is a small quantity of this wine available. Limit 2 bottles per order.

The nose has intense red berry aromas with a little spicy Read more »dried herbs. The palate has bright red berry fruit flavours that give way to dark cherry and a hint of savoury spices.

It has length, balance and clean fruit with sufficient fine tannins to allow it to age well for three to five years.

Food match : Rack of lamb or Moussaka.


2007 Pf Sparkling

Price: $ 55.00

This is our second commercial release of Pf. A blend of Chardonnay (55%) Pinot Noir (35%) and Pinot Meunier (10%) with an oak component that adds a little extra tannin and subtle complexity, with fruit, yeast and richness that bubbles along with a very fine bead. Celebrate in style with this fine sparkling wine.

 

Food match: salt and pepper calamari.

 

 


2007 Eldridge Estate Chardonnay

Price: $ 40.00

The wine is very bright in the glass with a slight green tint on the edge. The nose is nutty with a hint of peach.  The palate has a creamy texture, good acid balance with citrus and a hint of melon. It has a nice zing on the finish.

Food match : Freshly shucked oysters or wild mushroom risotto.

The grapes were whole bunch pressed using a gentle air bag press with carbon dioxide cover to retain the varietal fruit character. The juice was fermented in 80% new French Oak with some solids before being moved to 30% new oak for a further 9 months.