We are making small volume natural wines from Orange, NSW.
About
We are dedicated to natural winemaking and terroir driven cool climate wines. The grapes are grown in a well established premium vineyard at high altitude in Orange, NSW.
We focus on cool climate grapes varieties such as Pinot Noir.
Our first vintage was 2013.
Winemaker
Adam King is the owner and winemaker of Brooksbank Estate. He has more than 10 years experience working as a cellarhand, assistant winemaker and winemaker. Adam has worked vintages for premium producers including Crawdford River and biodynamic producer Hochkirch/Tarrington Vineyards.
Winemaking
We are dedicated to minimal intervention and natural winemaking. This means grapes are handpicked and placed in fermenters as whole bunches and berries. All wines are made with wild yeasts (wild fermentation), gentle foot stomping, minimal racking and sulphur. None of our wines are filtered or fined.
Generally fermentation takes 1-2 weeks to get started, allowing time for some natural carbonic maceration. A little foot stomping is done to release some of the grape juice for wild yeast fermentation. Due to this natural process and cold climate of Orange, fermentation can take 2-4 weeks.
Wines are then pressed into a mix of new and old French barriques for 12 months.
Blog
Winemaking notes: Brooksbank Estate Pinot Noir 2015
2015 was a great year for Pinot Noir in Orange, NSW. Grapes were picked between the 8th March and 17th March, with Abel clone being the latest. A mix of 667, 114, 115, MV6 and Abel Pinot Noir clones were placed in 3 picking bins used as fermenters. We hadn’t used these before, and they …
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We are getting ready to bottle Pinot Noir 2015
We have been working with a very talented designer to finalise our new labels for the amazing Pinot Noir from 2015. The wine should be be bottle in mid January 2017, without any fining or filtering.
Contact
Call Adam on 0402 859 492
Call Karen on 0425 222 879
email us at hello@brooksbankestate.com.au
or send us a message:
ABN 21 975 221 155
NSW Liquor License No. LIQW880014943
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