Cannibal Creek Newsletter 2009
Gold Medal at the Federation Square Regional Wine Awards
The Cannibal Creek Chardonnay 2005 recently won a gold medal at the Federation Square Regional Wine Awards – the only Gold Medal awarded to any Gippsland wine!! It is now a Finalist in the Federation Square ‘Wine of the Year’ Annual Awards held in August 2009.
Top Victorian Merlot at Le Concours de Vin du Victoria
Cannibal Creek Merlot 06 picked up the Top Victorian Merlot at ‘Le Concours de Vin du Victoria’ November 2008.
Reviews
‘There isn’t alot of Australian varietal saurvignon blanc of international standard, but Cannibal Creek makes a wine of intense passionfruit and gooseberry flavour and nervy acidity...It’s one of the few Australian makers whose sauvignon blancs can rival the best from Marlborough in New Zealand’
Jeremy Oliver The Australian Wine Annual 2008.
August release for Cannibal Creek Sauvigon Blanc 2009
The Cannibal Creek Sauvignon Blanc 2009 will be available at the end of August @$28 per bottle ($336 a case) – but due to the extreme weather conditions and crop loss in January it is extremely limited.
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Cannibal Creek Vintage Report 2009
2009 saw extreme weather conditions the worst of which was Black Saturday, when Victoria had its worst bushfires possibly ever. We were 6km from the Bunyip State Park fires, a very distressing time for everyone.
Prior to that day we experienced 3 consecutive days of heat above 45 deg C, what this did to the vines was terrible, it literally cooked two thirds of the crop, the berries fried on the vines and a considerable amount of the canopy died too. From there on in we had to limp across the line to ripen what was remaining and we used every lick of water we had to do so! Fortunately we escaped any smoke taint which affected many growers this year. Despite these challenging conditions, what did remain was very good. The stand outs would have to be the Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir.
Our latest news and something we are very much looking forward to, is the addition of Sparkling to our range “Blanc de Blanc”! Although this will not be ready for at least 18 months or longer... something to look forward to.
Cheers!
Pat & Kirsten
