Annual Vintage Selection
11 May 20112009 Annual Vintage Selection announced.
Gimblett Gravels Winegrowers Association (GGWA) can now reveal the 12 wines that comprise the 2009 Annual Vintage Selection.
This
follows the inaugural 2008 Annual Vintage Selection, announced late
last year, which continues to receive critical acclaim from around the
world.
Both Selections were independently chosen, from GGWA
member submissions, by internationally respected wine critic, Andrew
Caillard, Master of Wine and Director of Sydney based auction house,
Langtons.
Reflecting the different growing seasons, the 2009
Annual Vintage Selection comprises 8 blended red wines and 4 Syrahs. The
2008 Selection comprised 5 blended red wines and 7 Syrahs.
A
limited number of 2009 Annual Vintage Selection packs will be sent out
to key wine media and influencers around the world. As GGWA Chairman,
Nick Aleksich, states, “The aim of this approach is to help inform all
parties. Recipients can be kept abreast of the evolution of Gimblett
Gravels wines on a vintage by vintage basis; similarly, our members can
receive constructive feedback from an expert audience, fully conversant
with international wine styles.
We have been overwhelmed by the
positive response shown to the 2008 Selection and we are excited at the
prospect of sending out the 2009’s. Many of these wines have yet to be
released; indeed, some of the wines have yet to be labeled, but we want
to alert wine lovers around the world to what we believe to be some of
the best wines to come from the Gimblett Gravels so far. In future, we
intend for the release of the Gimblett Gravels Annual Vintage Selection
to become a regular mid-year fixture on the wine calendar. “
The 2009 Gimblett Gravels Annual Vintage Selection comprises the following wines (in alphabetical order):
Blended Reds
Babich The Patriarch 2009
Craggy Range Sophia 2009
Mills Reef Elspeth Cabernet Merlot 2009
Montage Wines Alluviale 2009
Newton Forrest Cornerstone 2009
Sacred Hill Helmsman 2009
Te Awa Cabernet Merlot 2009
Trinity Hill The Gimblett 2009
Syrahs
Craggy Range Gimblett Gravels Vineyard Syrah 2009
Sacred Hill Deerstalkers Syrah 2009
Squawking Magpie Stoned Crow Syrah 2009
Trinity Hill Homage Syrah 2009
15 December 2010
Gimblett Gravels to launch Annual Vintage Selection
Twelve wines, selected by Andrew Caillard MW, to showcase Gimblett Gravels 2008 vintage.
It
may appear that the Gimblett Gravels Winegrowers Association (GGWA) has
been lying low since the spectacular Masterclass successes in Taupo and
London in 2008 and 2009, respectively.
In reality, the Association
has been quietly plotting the next phase in its campaign to promote
Gimblett Gravels wines around the globe.
The first of several
initiatives to be launched over coming months is the creation of the
Annual Vintage Selection of 12 Gimblett Gravels red wines, independently
selected by an internationally respected wine critic. Andrew Caillard,
Master of Wine and Director of Sydney based auction house, Langtons, was
pleased to be involved in the inaugural selection of wines from the
2008 vintage.
For further information, read the media release here
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