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Vintage 2024

2024 was a phenomenal year for grapes in the Central Ranges of New South Wales……but it didn’t start out that way!

We had virtually no water in the soil in early spring and had used up all of our available water including what little we had in our dam.

Then, thankfully, the rains came in late November and saved us.

The vines came back to life and the moisture was just enough and at the right times resulting in, what I am confident will be seen as, one of the two best vintages(quality wise) in the last 20 years for vineyards in the Central Ranges of New South Wales.

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