Hanging Rock

Hanging Rock MACEDON BRUT LD CUVEE VII

Technical details

Variety:  Each Cuvée comprises 50% of the current vintage (Cuvée VII is 50% from 1996) and the balance is reserve wine from 1995 back to 1987. After some two years of maturation in barriques the wine is then blended. The blend is approximately 60% Pinot Noir and 40% Chardonnay., Macedon, VIC
 

Wine Analysis: 12.5% Alc.

Tasting Notes

The palate starts with fresh apple-like characters, moving to an intense and
complex middle of bready/biscuity characters, reminiscent of Bollinger, and very good acidity stretches out the long, lingering finish.
The wine should be enjoyed with food, as it is an excellent ‘food wine’.

Hanging Rock MACEDON NV BRUT - ROSE

Technical details

Variety:  Pinot Noir Blend, Macedon Ranges, VIC

Wine Analysis: 12.5% Alc.

Tasting Notes

‘Macedon’ Rosé is salmon pink, delicate in flavour, dry finishing and an ideal aperitif wine. Serve well chilled.

Hanging Rock MACEDON NV BRUT CUVEE  XII

Technical details

Variety:  The blend is approximately 60% Pinot Noir and 40% Chardonnay, Macedon Ranges VIC

Wine Analysis: 12.0% Alc.,

Tasting Notes

This release was bottled in March 2004. After forty-four months on yeast lees in the bottle, with the second fermentation complete, the bead had become fine and the
flavour had developed unmistakeable length due to the yeast autolysis in the bottle. Disgorgement commenced in October 2007, with absolutely minimum liquering (only 2g/l) and with minimal SO2. Undoubtedly it will be described as a rich wine. The palate is simultaneously full flavoured and yet dry; crisp, yet balanced. In short it is the wine of our dreams - a great Australian sparkling wine!

2000 Hanging Rock HEATHCOTE RESERVE SHIRAZ

Technical details

Variety:  100% Rose Bowral, Southern Highlands Range NSW

Wine Analysis: 11.5% Alc., pH 3.25 Total Acid = 7.2g/l

Tasting Notes

Nose: Intense fruity aromas of raspberries, strawberries, blackcurrant, and hints of toffee.

Palate:  The palate has lively tangy crispness with great length. Great summer wine.

2001 Hanging Rock HEATHCOTE SHIRAZ

The 2001 vintage has received two ‘Very Highly Commended’ awards as a barrel sample at the 2002 Ballarat Wine Show (‘Very Highly Commended’ for a barrel sample is the equivalent of a Gold Medal awarded to a bottled wine)

Technical details

Variety:  100% Shiraz Heathcote Region VIC

Wine Analysis: 14.0% Alc.

Production: This is the second vintage to make use of new, ‘steam-bent’, medium toast, American
oak barriques that engender a smoother, subtler oak character in the wine, and with less vanillan influences. The wine was matured in this oak for eighteen months. Our Heathcote fruit is always picked on flavour, and in this aspect of the wine we are aiming for consistency. The new oak is subtler, smoother and more integrated, the fruit characters are more prominent. It is a rich, elegant wine, beautifully balanced and with great cellaring potential.

Tasting Notes

Colour: The colour is deep, intense purple/mulberry

Nose: The nose exhibits elegant, plum/berry aromas with a gentle oak presence and some mintiness.

Palate: On the palate it has a silky texture, complexity, delicious plummy berry flavours and a good balancebetween the fruit, oak and tannin.
 

2003 Hanging Rock HEATHCOTE SHIRAZ

Technical details

Variety:  100% Shiraz Heathcote Region VIC

Wine Analysis: 15.0% Alc.

Production: Our Heathcote fruit is always picked on flavour, and in this aspect of the wine we are aiming for consistency. The new oak is subtler, smoother and more integrated, the fruit characters are more prominent. It is a rich, elegant wine, beautifully balanced and with great cellaring potential.

Tasting Notes

Colour: The colour is an intense deep purple/mulberry.

Nose: The nose exhibits powerful, savoury and cigar box notes with nuances of unmistakable Heathcote mintiness.

Palate: The palate is rich and powerful with a tight and vibrant structure. The flavours are that of dark chocolate and eucalypt, with mulberry and blueberry overtones.

2004 Hanging Rock HEATHCOTE SHIRAZ

Technical details

Variety:  100% Shiraz, Heathcote Range

Wine Analysis: 13.0% Alc.

Tasting Notes

Colour: The colour is a rich, dark purple/plum hue.

Nose: The nose is simultaneously fragrant yet pungent; full of mulberry and plum aromas with an underlying trademark Heathcote white pepper character.

Palate: The palate exhibits intense berry and cigar box flavours, underpinned by an elegant structure which is due in no small part to the lower alcohol level derived from this cooler than usual vintage. The hallmark structure, tannin backbone and length we have come to expect from this wine is clearly evident in the 2004 vintage.

2006 Hanging Rock THE BENDIGO CABERNET SAUVIGNON

Technical details

Variety:  100% Cabernet Sauvignon, Bendigo Region VIC

Wine Analysis: 14.0% Alc.

Tasting Notes

Nose: A bouquet of black forest cake and black tea precedes a palate of sweet winter fruits and cassis.

Palate: The palate is long and fleshed-out, holding on to the finish . Good acid structure and smooth tannins complete this delicious package.

2005 Hanging Rock THE PROSPECT MARSANNE

Technical details

Variety:  100% Marsanne, Heathcote Region VIC

Wine Analysis: 14.5% Alc.

Tasting Notes

This wine is made in a traditional style: it is quite rich and full bodied, with a smooth, rounded texture.

Colour: The colour is deep straw.

Nose and Palate: The nose and palate are distinctively varietal, showing flavours such as honeysuckle and blossom with a hint of almonds.

This wine goes very well with seafood (especially shellfish and firmer flesh fish) and pasta with creamy sauces. 

2006 Hanging Rock THE POPPET HEAD CHARDONNAY

Technical details

Variety:  100% Chardonnay, Strathbogie Ranges, Upper Goulburn VICVIC

Wine Analysis: 13.5% Alc.

Tasting Notes

2005 Hanging Rock RICH REEF SHIRAZ

Technical details

Variety:  100% Shiraz, SE VIC

Wine Analysis: 13.0% Alc.

Tasting Notes

Colour: Rich, plum colour with a purple hue.

Nose: Vibrant, uplifted, ripe berry aromas with hints of chocolate and all spice.

Palate: Rich, ripe, generous wine. It has a soft, round texture with robust tannins which adds structure and depth to the wine.

2004 Hanging Rock CAMBRIAN RISE - HEATHCOTE SHIRAZ

Technical details

Variety: 100% Shiraz, Heathcote Region, VIC

Wine Analysis: 14.0% Alc.

Production:  The final make-up of Cambrian Rise is inextricably linked to the composure of our flagship red wine - ‘Hanging Rock Heathcote Shiraz’. Our flagship Shiraz is always predominantly made with fruit from our ‘Athol’s Paddock’ vineyard. And, depending on the vintage, may include additional fruit from any, or all, of the group of other Heathcote vineyards contracted to grow for us. The fruit that does not suit our requirements for the final flagship Shiraz blend immediately becomes available for Cambrian Rise. Our winemakers then have the challenge to make our next best possible Heathcote Shiraz wine.
Hence the tag, ‘Son of Heathcote’.
Cambrian Rise will always include components from a number of Heathcote Shiraz vineyards, and its composition will vary from vintage to vintage.
2004 was the peak of the drought and yields were down in this cooler than usual vintage. We were able to achieve our desired flavour and ripeness levels at around 13 - 13.5% compared with the 14 - 15% levels occuring in recent vintages.
 

Tasting Notes

Colour: Deep red with a Cherry red and slightly blue hue.

Nose: Dark Cherries and dark Chocolate with a hint of eucalypt and white pepper.

Palate: Dark Cherries and Mulberries well integrated with the steam bent American oak. The wine finishes on notes of ripe berries and savoury flavours that last.

2007 Hanging Rock JIM JIM SAUVIGNON BLANC

Technical details

Variety:  100% Sauvignon Blanc, Macedon Ranges VIC

Wine Analysis: 12.0% Alc.

Production:

The wine is made by picking the fruit in 3 stages, some a little under ripe (providing
a great acid backbone), some at perfect ripeness and some a little over ripe (which provides some tropical fruit flavours). 10% of the wine is then barrel fermented for 2 weeks in new French oak to add some complexity to the wine, the rest is fermented and stored in tank until time for bottling. The grapes were pressed as whole bunches to give a juice of high clarity and little phenolic extraction, and then cool fermented in stainless steel. To preserve varietal character, the wine was bottled as soon as possible after completion of the fermentation.
 

Tasting Notes

Colour: Pale straw with green tinge, will intensify with ageing.

Nose: A mixture of grassy and herbaceous notes with honey dew melon and some flinty characters.

Palate: This wine shows layers of complexity. It has both a minerality and herbacousness complemented by a round, lush texture through to a clean, crisp finish

2006 Hanging Rock TARZALI RIESLING

Technical details

Variety: 100% Riesling, Strathbogie Ranges, VIC

Wine Analysis: 12.0% alc.

Tasting Notes

Colour: Pale- mid Straw

Nose: Lemon and Citrus notes with a hint of perfume and flowers.

Palate: Mouth filling burst of flavour. The lemon characteristic carries through to the palate. The texture of the wine is quite smooth and buttery but with a fantastic acid back bone, and a long finish.

2004 Hanging Rock THE YIN BARUN MERLOT CABERNET FRANC

Technical details

Variety: Mixture of Merlot and Cabernet Franc, with the numbers slightly in favour of Merlot, Swanpool VIC

Wine Analysis: 14.5% Alc.

Production: The grapes were picked and fermented together and the wine was aged in new and one-year-old French and American oak barriques for 22 months prior to bottling in July 2006.

Tasting Notes

Typically Merlot-soft, this richly flavoured wine has lifted nose with subtle spicy floral characters, ripe plum flavours on the palate and fine smooth tannins through to a long finish.

The Yin Barun could be as close as we can get to Bordeaux while still in the shadow of Hanging Rock itself.

2007 Hanging Rock JIM JIM PINOT GRIS

Technical details

Variety: 100% Pinot Gris, Macedon Ranges VIC

Wine Analysis: 12.0% Alc.

Production: This wine has spent some time in old oak The result is a well balanced wine with a hint of added palate weight from the old oak influence.
 

Tasting Notes

Colour: A touch of Pinot Gris skin colour in addition to the traditional mid straw.

Nose: Honey suckle, with Nashi pear and custard apple. There is also an underlying herbaceous note to the wine.

Palate: Great minerally acid to fruit balance which provides the wine with a wonderful structure and prominent pear and apple characters. Generous and soft on the front palate, a firm acid backbone structure carries the fruit all the way through to a very long, crisp finish.

The wine is refreshing, with a slightly rounded, textural mouth feel.
 

2005 Hanging Rock KILFARA PINOT NOIR

Technical details

Variety: 100% Pinot Noir, Bendigo VIC

Wine Analysis: 14.0% Alc.

Production: To recreate the older methods, using fully ripened grapes, we add a much larger than normal dose of sulphur dioxide to crushed and partially (about 40%) destemmed grapes, which are then refrigerated and held at zero celcius for about one month. No fermentation occurrs, but the juice develops an excellent richness of colour and flavour. Our usual pure yeast is added after we warm the juice, and fermentation is allowed to proceed, without cooling. The ferment is plunged twice a day, and on completion is pressed and then our usual methods take over.

Tasting Notes

Colour: Medium intensity garnet, slight purple tinge.

Nose: Rich and full, gamey. Overtones of beetroot, leather and spice.

Palate: A medium bodied wine with intense varietal character and excellent palate structure. Tannins are soft and round but clearly evident.