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The Honey Moon Vineyard has a northeast aspect and relatively high altitude for the region (420m to 410m above sea level). Soils are mainly light brown alluvial loam over a deep layer of red ironstone clay. On heat summation data, our site is a little cooler than Côte Rôtie and a little warmer than Burgundy.
It is close-planted and carefully managed to achieve modest yields from healthy vines supported by healthy soil. Pruning and harvesting are by hand so that the vines and grapes are treated as gently as possible. By Australian standards the vineyard is small at 2 acres “post to post”. Science and facts aside, the vineyard is actually a lovely space to be in – it has a calming and peaceful effect no matter how busy or stressed (eg about the weather!) one feels. Plantings are approximately half Pinot Noir and half Shiraz (plus small experimental plantings of Marsanne, Viognier and Tempranillo). The Pinot clones we have planted (777, 114 and 115) favour red table wines (Burgundy is a great passion of ours… as are the Rosés from the Southern Rhône, and Shiraz wines from the Northern Rhône, Hermitage and Côte Rôtie). Our Shiraz clones are also interesting as they have been chosen as field clonal selections from two old vineyards in South Australia that are known for their spicy Shiraz characters.
PO Box 544 Echunga South Australia 5153 |
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