Bress 2009 Central Victoria Melange

                                                        The Name

Whilst living and winemaking in the Yarra Valley, I discovered the joys of breeding and showing chickens.  This passion led me to visit France in 1996 to witness first hand their traditional methods of breeding chickens and I dedicate our wines to the famous chickens of France and what they represent – artisan production using traditional, age old methods.

Melange is French for ‘Mixture’.  Apt we think, given this wine is made using a mixture of French varieties, predominantly Voiginer and Chardonnay but with about another five or six white grape varieties for good measure.

                                                      The Vineyard

The fruit for this wine was selected from a range of vineyards situated in throughout Central Victoria.  The Voiginer was sourced from Heathcote, the Chardonnay sourced from primarily Macedon and the other bits and pieces from the 25 year old Bress vineyard.

This Bress Central Victorian Melange was bottled using a Screw Cap closure. 

Using a Screw Cap closure is our attempt to ensure that our wine is presented free of cork characters (good or bad) and that the full aroma and flavour of this wine is expressed.  

                                                      Tasting Notes

Colour:  A vibrant and pristine light golden straw with green tinges. 

Aroma:  The wine offers a complex array of fruit and flower aromas of orange blossom, grapefruit and nectarine.

Palate:  The wine is generous and full of fine flavours of orange blossom, grapefruit and other citrus and white peach. Lees stirring has beautifully integrated the fruit and natural acidity in the wine, giving the wine generosity, balance and a savoury mid palate richness. 

           Whilst enjoyable now, this wine will reward careful cellaring for up to 2 years.

Please enjoy this traditionally made hand crafted wine.