2007 Estate Cabernet Sauvignon |
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Varietal: |
95% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2% Merlot, 2% Caberent Franc,1% Malbec |
Region: |
Margaret River, Western Australia |
Vintage: |
2007 |
Tasting Notes
Impenetrable red in colour, the nose is rich & exotic showing black & red currant, raspberry coulis, mulberry, plum, bay leaf & choc mint with spicy vanilla nuances. The palate is layered with the full spectrum of Cabernet Sauvignon fruit characters plus licorice & exotic spices. The palate is full of juicy, succulent, fruit perfectly balanced with the long fine tannins and quality French oak, which when combined with the fine acidity will ensure cellaring potential of at least 10 years.
Winemaker's Notes
The 2007 vintage was the earliest vintage on record for Margaret River being only 9 months after the challenging & late 2006 vintage.
Viticulture & Vinification
Spring got off to an early start, which brought forward all phenological stages & the warm dry conditions continued through to ripening. We experienced a small heat wave in early March, which caused considerable stress to younger irrigated vineyards but didn’t faze our old dry grown vines. Baume levels spiked during the hot weather, however patience prevailed and baume levels returned back down to manageable levels after a week or so. This extra hang time was vital for proper flavour ripeness in the Cabernet Sauvignon.
TECHNICAL DATA
Oak 50% new French oak for 18 months
Method Fruit de-stemmed & chilled into open fermenters, with cold soak for up to five days, followed by plunging or pumping over 1-2 times a day for extraction, once fermentation had commenced. Must spent 14-21 days on skins
Picking Date 11th to 29th March, hand picked in small batches
Yield 6.4 t/Ha Baumé 12.8 to 13.5 Be°
Trellis Scott Henry
Alcohol 13.8 %
Ferment Natural & innoculated
pH 3.62
MLF In barrel
TA 5.7 g/L
Production 770 cases
Released February 2010
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2005 Estate Shiraz |
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Varietal: |
100% Estate Shiraz |
Region: |
Margaret River, Western Australia |
Vintage: |
2005 |
Tasting Notes
The inviting nose offers aromas of blackberry, mulberry, black cherry and raspberry along with dark spices, cherry blossom and mocha vanillin oak. The palate is medium bodied, silky smooth with abundant berry fruit, liquorice and spice notes. The vanillin oak is seamlessly integrated and the fruit framed by the finest of tannins. This wine has a terrific cellaring potential of 10 plus years, with optimum drinking from 2008 to 2012.
Winemaker's Notes
The 2005 vintage was a fine vintage for reds in Margaret River. The summer was warm, but not hot, and during harvest the days were sunny & the nights cool. This pattern of weather contributes to good flavour development in the grapes & good retention of the flavour during picking.
Viticulture & Vinification
The Shiraz grapes enjoyed the long mild slow ripening conditions of an “Indian Summer” throughout March and April to obtain optimal ripeness. The oak selection for this wine is constantly being fine-tuned. In 2005 we went with 100% French oak, reduced the new portion from 50% to 40% and started using hogsheads in the barrel mix as well, so as not to over oak this elegant, medium-bodied style of Shiraz.
TECHNICAL DATA
Oak Malo in barrel, 40% New French (hogsheads & barriques) for 18 months
Picking Date Hand-picked from 28 March to 18 April 2005
Yield 5.30t/Ha
Baumé 13.5 to 14.2 Be°
Trellis VSP
Production 325 cases
pH 3.59
TA 6.0 g/L
Alcohol: 14.5% vol.
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2008 Estate Chardonnay |
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Varietal: |
100% Chardonnay |
Region: |
Margaret River, Western Australia |
Vintage: |
2008 |
Tasting Notes
The nose offers an enticing array of stone fruit such as peach and nectarine along with melon. More complex characters of flint, nut meal, honey and spicy vanilla are derived from maturation in French oak barrels on yeast lees. The juicy palate is finely structured with a great depth of fleshy fruit, mealy complexity with everything else in balance with terrific cellaring potential of up to 10 years
Winemaker's Notes
The 2008 vintage for Chardonnay was warmer just before harvest compared to the cooler start of vintage in 2007. This warmer weather has resulted in slightly higher baumé levels at harvest without sacrificing the range of fruit flavours we desire with the resulting wine being more fruit forward and expressive as a younger wine. These warmer conditions also meant no malo lactic was required to ameliorate the acidity and aging on lees was reduced by 6 weeks.
TECHNICAL DATA
Variety Chardonnay 100%
Region Margaret River, Estate grown
Oak Whole bunch pressed to barrel, 45% new French
Months in Oak 9 months on yeast lees with bâtonnage for 2 month
Picking Date 19 to 26th February, hand picked
Yield 5.25 t/Ha
Baumé 12.9 to 13.6 Be °
Trellis VSP & Scott Henry
Alcohol 14 %
Yeast Neutral & natural
Ferment Natural & innoculated
pH 3.28
MLF 0%
TA 6.5 g/L
RS 1.6 g/L
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2008 Estate Semillon |
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Varietal: |
100% Estate Semillon |
Region: |
Margaret River, Western Australia |
Vintage: |
2008 |
Tasting Notes
Pale green in colour, fruit characters of lemon, pear, green apple, white nectarine combine with more complex characters of lemon brulée , mineral, oatmeal and lemon grass from the natural yeast component and lees stirring while the barrel fermentation characters show as a smoky, toasty vanillin combo. The fine structured palate has a smooth creamy texture from maturation on yeast lees brought in check by spicy savoury oak and mouth watering citrus fresh acidity. This style of wine is best served slightly chilled with your favourite seafood (a great alternative to Chardonnay). With careful cellaring the 08 Juniper Semillon has a medium term cellaring of 8 about years.
Winemaker's Notes
Margaret River Semillon is very distinctive and at Juniper Estate we are aiming to produce a fine elegant complex wine with medium term cellaring potential from this wonderful variety. Barrel fermentation and maturation on yeast lees is used to build texture and structure along with a touch of smoky complexity without dominating the fruit characters and maintaining elegance in the wine.
Viticulture & Winemaking
Variety Semillon 100% (planted 1984)
Region Margaret River, Estate grown
Oak 30% new French, 100% barrel ferment
Months in Oak 10 months on yeast lees with some stirring post ferment
Picking Date 5th March, hand picked
Yield 8.5 t/Ha
Baumé 11.7 Be°
Trellis VSP
Alcohol 13.5 %
Yeast Neutral & natural
Ferment barrel
pH 3.30
MLF 0 %
TA 6.4 g/L
RS 0.9 g/L
Production 195 cases
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2008 Cane Cut Reisling (375ml) |
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Varietal: |
100% Estate Riesling |
Region: |
Wilyabrup, Margaret River |
Vintage: |
2008 |
Golden straw in colour, the nose has a floral citrus blossom lift along with fruit characters of lemon, lime, pear and apple with a hint of marzipan and vanillin oak. The juicy sweet palate is smooth, slippery and sleek with a texture of creamed honey and nuances of marmalade like bitterness finishing with a crisp clean mouth feel..
Winemaker's Notes
The combination of my aim to produce a dessert style wine with a point of difference and the fact that Margaret River generally does not experience the right weather conditions to make good botrytis style wines led to the cane-cut style. It is a wine that is balances sweetness with crisp clean acidity and is best enjoyed with lighter styles of dessert such as Panacotta with summer berries. Enjoy now and for the next 5 to 8 years.
Viticulture & Vinification
Made from the old Estate Riesling vines planted in 1973, the fruit bearing canes were cut when the flavours in the grapes were at their optimum. The grapes were then left out hanging on the vines to dehydrate for about 3 weeks, thus concentrating the sugar (18.5 Be°), acid and flavour.
The hand-picked grapes were partially whole bunch pressed to extract some of the juice, which was then put back into the tank press onto the skins to aid the re-hydration of the raisined grapes. This soaking process took about 24 hours before the grapes were slowly pressed. After settling, the juice was fermented in a stainless steel tank to approximately half the original sugar level. The wine was settled and put into 3 year-old French oak barriques to mature until bottling in October 2008.
TECHNICAL DATA
Alcohol: 11.3%
PH: 3.24
TA: 8.8 g/L
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2007 Crossing Shiraz |
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Varietal: |
100% Shiraz |
Region: |
Margaret River, Western Australia |
Vintage: |
2007 |
The dense dark red colour gives strong suggestion of good things to come, including fruit characters of blackberry, raspberry, cherry and plum with a lick of spicy vanillin oak. The palate is full with rich ripe dark berry fruits intermixed with plum pudding, liquorice all-sorts, pepper and spice with fine tannins keeping everything in check.
Winemaker's Notes
The 2007 vintage was a terrific one with plenty of sunshine for close to perfect autumn ripening. There was no problem getting the Shiraz grapes flavour and tannin ripe with balanced crops and canopies. In fact 2007 proved to be one of the best years for Shiraz in Margaret River for some time.
The 2007 Juniper Crossing Shiraz is made as a bright fruit driven style with very moderate oak influence. It is a wine to enjoy now and for at least the next 7 years.
Viticulture & Vinification
The Shiraz fruit for this wine was harvested mid March with 57% from our young Estate Shiraz vines & contract growers in the Margaret River region while the remaining 43% was from your old Estate vines planted in 1973. Picking commenced on 17th March & the last batch came in on 24th March. The Baume range was between13.9 - 14.2.
The grapes were de-stemmed prior to being pumped to the fermentation tank where the must was inoculated with yeast and fermentation began. The wine was pumped over twice a day for extraction of colour and tannin with an average time on skins of about 14 days. The batches were blended after malo-lactic fermentation and matured for a minimum of 14 months in oak of which 10% was new French. Bottled in December 2008. Released Marchr 2010.
TECHNICAL DATA
Alcohol: 13.9%
PH: 3.70
TA: 5.6g/L g/L
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2009 Crossing Tempranillo |
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Varietal: |
100% Tempranillo
(Requena clone)
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Region: |
Fergusson Valley, Western Australia |
Vintage: |
2009 |
Tasting Notes
Black/purple in colour, this fresh style of Tempranillo (a Spanish grape variety) is bursting with dark fruits such as plum, black & red cherries, blueberry with a background lift of jasmine, a hint of liquorice & dried herbs. The palate is fine & juicy with raspberry jube & liquorice all sorts flavours & backed up with fine tannins. This is a terrific early drinking style of red wine also with medium term cellaring potential & perfect with something like mushroom risotto.
Winemaker's Notes
The 2009 vintage was one of the best vintages in the South West of Western Australia with plenty of sunshine with moderate heat for close to perfect autumn ripening. There was no problem getting the Tempranillo grapes flavour and tannin ripe with balanced crops and canopies. The 2009 Juniper Crossing Tempranillo is grown in the Fergusson Valley situated north of the Margaret River wine region & is made as a bright fruit driven style with very moderate oak influence (no new oak). It is a wine to enjoy now and for at least the next 5 years.
Technical Data
Oak 2 & 3 year old French & American hogsheads for 9 months
Picking Date 7th April 2009
Yield 6.0 t/Ha
Baumé 13.3 Be°
Trellis VSP
Alcohol 13.8 %
Ferment12 days pumped over
pH 3.7
MLF In barrel
RS <1.0 g/L
TA 5.6 g/L
Bottled February 2010
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2009 Crossing Rose |
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Varietal: |
40% Shiraz, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot & 15% Tempranillo. |
Region: |
Margaret River, Western Australia |
Vintage: |
2009 |
Tasting Notes
This is a fresh lively ultimately drinkable style of wine, showing the colour of bright strawberry while the nose exhibits lifted fruit characters of raspberry, red cherry & red currant along with spice & dried herbs. The fine palate is soft, juicy and full with ripe berry, spice and red liquorice flavours while the finish is fresh, savoury, crisp and dry. Best served chilled on its own or perfect with a wide range of foods from Mediterranean to spicy Asian styles.
Winemaker's Notes
The 2009 vintage has turned out to be quite a fine one. The summer was warm, but not hot and during harvest the days were sunny & the nights cool, which contributes to good flavour development in the grapes & good retention of the flavour during picking. This style of wine works wonderfully well in Margaret River and under screw cap closure will drink well for at least 2 years.
Viticulture & Vinification
The grapes for this wine were de-stemmed, chilled & gently pumped into tanks before the juice was drained off the red grape skins after 12 to 24 hours soaking, once the desired colour and flavour was achieved. The juice was cold settled before being inoculated with a Pinot Noir yeast to enhance the spicy characters in the grapes and the ferment was kept cold (12C) to maintain the bright berry fruit characters. The wine is a blend of 40% Shiraz, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot & 15% Tempranillo.
TECHNICAL DATA
Alcohol: 13.5
PH: 3.30
TA: 6.3 g/L
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2007 Crossing Cabernet Merlot |
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Varietal: |
57% Cabernet, Sauvignon, 41% Merlot, 1.5% Cabernet Franc, and 05% Petit Verdot |
Region: |
Margaret River, Western Australia |
Vintage: |
2007 |
Tasting Notes
Vibrant crimson red in colour, this wine shows rich ripe fruit characteristics of red cherry, raspberry, blackcurrant and plum along with hints of spice, mocha and toasty vanillin oak. The palate is smooth and plush with a good depth of juicy berry fruit and modest oak influence. The long fine tannins are balanced and create great length and structure.
Winemaker's Notes
The 2007 vintage was a terrific one with plenty of sunshine for close to perfect autumn ripening. There was no problem getting the Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot grapes flavour and tannin ripe with balanced crops and canopies. 2007 proved to be a very good year for Merlot hence the high percentage in this years’ blend.
The Juniper Crossing Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot is made in a style for immediate drinking pleasure, but has at least 7 years cellaring potential.
VIiticulture & Vinification
Grapes for the Juniper Crossing Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot were sourced from contract growers in the Margaret River region along with 25% from the Estate vines planted in 1973. The grapes were picked from 9th-28th March with a baume range of 13.0 to 13.9 Be°.
The grapes were de-stemmed prior to being pumped to the fermentation tanks where the must was inoculated with yeast and fermentation began. The wine was pumped over twice a day for extraction of colour and tannin. The batches were blended after malo-lactic fermentation with a resulting blend of 57% Cabernet, Sauvignon, 41% Merlot, 1.5% Cabernet Franc, and 05% Petit Verdot. The blend was matured for a minimum of 14 months in French oak of which 15% was new. Bottled in December 2008, and released February 2010.
Technical Data
Alcohol: 14.5 %
PH: 3.64
TA: 6.5 g/L
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2007 Crossing Chardonnay |
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Varietal: |
100% Chardonnay |
Region: |
Margaret River, Western Australia |
Vintage: |
2007 |
Tasting Notes
Light straw in colour, this 2007 Chardonnay has an attractive nose showing fruit characters of white peach & nectarine, melon and citrus along with floral and flint notes plus spice and vanilla biscuit characters from the oak. The palate is creamy smooth and long with a succulent fleshy fruit texture, finely structured and finishing crisp and clean with mineral like acidity.
Winemaker's Notes
The 2007 vintage was one of the earliest on record with harvest dates 2 – 3 weeks earlier than what we call the norm. Even though vintage was early, it was not due to excessively warm weather in summer, it was due more to a warmer spring, which brought everything forward. The flavours and sugars developed reasonably quickly in the Chardonnay grapes so there was plenty of natural acidity in the berries at harvest. These conditions led to the development of a good array of flavours from citrus to ripe stone fruit. With correct cellaring the wine will drink well for at least 5 years.
Viticulture & Vinification
Grapes for the Juniper Crossing Chardonnay were sourced from the Higher Plane Vineyard and contract growers in the Wilyabrup area of Margaret River.
After destemming and pressing the grapes, the chardonnay juice was fermented and matured in oak barriques for 10 months of which 10% was new French and European oak. There was no malo-lactic fermentation in this wine as the balance was perfect. Bottled in February 2008.
TECHNICAL DATA
Variety Chardonnay 100%
Gin Gin (Mendoza) & clone 5
Region Margaret River
Oak: 100% Barrel fermented, 10% new French & European barriques and hogsheads
Months in Oak:10
Picking Date: 9 to 25th February - machine & hand picked
Yield: 6.5 to 8.0 t/Ha
Baumé: 12.0 to 13.5 Be °
Trellis: VSP
Alcohol: 13.5 %
Yeast:CY 3079, D 47
MLF: 0%
pH: 3.30
TA: 6.4 g/L
RS: 0.9 g/L
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2007 Crossing Merlot |
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Varietal: |
100% Merlot |
Region: |
Margaret River, Western Australia |
Vintage: |
2007 |
Tasting Notes
Dark crimson red in colour, this wine shows fruit characteristics on nose of black cherry, blackcurrant, raspberry, licorice, anise, mint chocolate and mocha vanillin oak. The palate is creamy smooth with a velvety texture, juicy berry fruit and spice flavours along with toasty vanillin oak and balanced fine tannins and a long finish
Winemaker's Notes
The 2007 vintage was a terrific one with plenty of sunshine for close to perfect autumn ripening. There was no problem getting the Merlot grapes flavour and tannin ripe with balanced crops and canopies.
Viticulture & Vinification
Grapes for the Juniper Crossing Merlot were sourced from our Estate grown grapes and supplemented with grapes from a contract grower in the Margaret River region. The grapes were picked from mid to late March with a Baume range of 13.0 to 14.0.
The grapes were de-stemmed prior to chilling and pumped to a fermentation tank where the must was cold soaked for about 5 days before inoculation with yeast. The wine was pumped over twice a day for extraction of colour and tannin and pressed out skins around 0 Be. After pressing the wine was racked into barrels to undergo malo lactic fermentation where it continued to mature for about 15 months in a mix of French and American oak of which 15% was new. Bottled in January 2009.
Technical Data
Alcohol: 14%
PH: 3.64
TA: 6.4 g/L
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2009 Crossing Semillon Sauvignon Blanc |
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Varietal: |
Semillon (66%) Sauvignon Blanc (34%) |
Region: |
Margaret River, Western Australia |
Vintage: |
2009 |
Tasting Notes
Light straw in colour this lovely fresh fruity style of wine shows tropical fruit characters of pineapple & guava along with passionfruit, gooseberry, green apple, citrus & a touch of dry herbs. The mouth filling palate is smooth & soft being full of juicy fruit yet with a long and refreshing finish.
Winemaker's Notes
The 2009 vintage has turned out to be quite a fine one. The summer was warm, but not hot and during harvest the days were sunny & the nights cool, which contributes to good flavour development in the grapes & good retention of the flavour during picking. This style of wine works wonderfully well in Margaret River and under screw cap closure will drink well for at least 2 years.
Viticulture & Vinification
The grapes for this wine were sourced from contract grape growers in the Margaret River region. The grapes were both hand picked and machine harvested with a Baume range between 11.7– 12.6 Be°. The fruit was de-stemmed, chilled & gently pressed with minimal rotation of the press to reduce phenolic pick up.
Approximately 10% of the Semillon was fermented in new French oak barrels and left on lees for 3 months to help flesh out the palate and add weight. The balance was cold fermented in stainless steel tanks with a range of yeast suited for these varieties, which enhance their natural fruit flavours. Lees stirring in tank was employed to further enhance the wine’s mid palate texture. The wine is a blend of 66% Semillon and 34% Sauvignon Blanc.
TECHNICAL DATA
Alcohol: 13.0%
PH: 3.28
TA: 6.2 g/L
RS 0.4 g/L
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