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WINE FAIR November 15th + Cobaw Ridge Release + Longarico Tasting Saturday 8th 3pm-6pm

by Annandale Cellars

ANNANDALE CELLARS WINE FAIR

NOVEMBER 15TH

1PM-5PM

The event that we've all been waiting for is here - the last Annandale Cellars Wine Fair of the year!

The Annandale Cellars wine fair is the perfect opportunity to try a range of great wines from around the world and to have a great time on a Saturday afternoon!

Purchase of a ticket will get you entry to the event for the full 4 hours where you can taste as much as you like as well as your own Riedel glass to take home!

Any purchases of 6 bottles from the Wine Fair will earn you a tote bag and a 20% discount off the single bottle price - an even bigger discount than our usual 15% case price.

These events are always a great time so get in quick with your tickets before they sell out!

 

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Cobaw Ridge

Cobaw Ridge, alongside Bindi, are one of the greatest producers working in the Macedon Ranges just north of Melbourne. Cobaw Ridge was established by Allan and Nelly Cooper with first plantings in 1985. If the name rings a bell, that's because these are Joshua Cooper's parents, another producer from the area that we proudly stock and support. Cobaw Ridge are known for their stellar expressions of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir that can be hard to come by - luckily we just bought some in.

The Cobaw Ridge estate and vineyards are located in the warmer northern slopes on the cusp of the Great Divide about 610m above sea level. The vineyard is positioned in a natural amphitheater backing onto the Cobaw State Forest in the heart of the Macedon Ranges on granitic, sandy soils. The Cooper's farm everything biodynamically and everything they make is 100% estate-grown.

"We feel these practices will further our holistic, sustainable, and above all natural approach to grape growing and winemaking, and provide an even greater opportunity for the wines to speak of the land which bore them."

The vines are rigorously hand-pruned to reduce crop level to ensure a high level of quality. The vines are vertically trained and hand-canopy managed to enhance fruit exposure to the sun and wind so as to reduce diseases and to promote riper fruit without vegetative flavours. There is no cultivation mid row, maintaining the natural grasses by slashing and giving back organic material to the soil.

The fruit of the low-cropped old vines is handled with respect in the winery with gentle pressing and hand plunging. The wine is fermented in small open-top vats and allowed to go through full natural malolactic fermentation in oak the summer following vintage producing a fuller, softer effect. All wine matures in barriques for 12 to 24 months, with the introduction of 25 to 30% new barriques each year - not too much so as to overpower the wines and make a statement about the barrel rather than the terroir. Nothing is added or taken away in this process with the exception of a touch of sulphur at bottling.

We've been lucky to bring in these highly sought-after wines, although you'll have to be quick as we don't have a huge amount. We have a dozen of the '24 'Chardonnay' which is incredibly fresh, complex and distinctive. An absolute must-have for lovers of cool climate Chardonnay. We also have 4 bottles of each of the '24 'Original Block Pinot Noir' and the '24 'High Density Pinot Noir' - some of the best Pinot in the country. These are seductively savoury "Burgundian" styles of Pinot that still unmistakably scream Macedon Ranges. Finally, we also have some of the '24 'Syrah' which is even more elusive than the other bottles. Cobaw Ridge's wines are elusive and you won't find that any store so don't hesitate to pick some of these incredible wines up!

 

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Longarico Tasting

Saturday 8th

3pm-6pm

Join us this Saturday as we taste through the exciting wines of Sicily's Longarico!

Luigi Stalteri studied engineering at university but quickly realised that his passions lie elsewhere, opening a wine bar and eventually moving down to Sicily to make wine. He team up with the legendary Alessandro Viola in 2015 to start the Longarico label with Alessandro eventually leaving in 2022 knowing that Luigi was in full control. Luigi’s winemaking philosophy is rooted in minimal intervention and respect for the vineyard. Fermentations are spontaneous, with limited use of sulfites, and wines are aged on fine lees to build texture and complexity. He avoids filtration to preserve the living character of the wine, seeking to express the purest sense of place, vintage, and grape variety.

These are the wines that we'll be pouring on the day:

Metodo Classico
Catarratto Lucido
Nostrale Catarratto Lucido
Catarratto Catarratto Lucido
Catartico Catarratto Lucido
Insolito Syrah, Nero D’Avola, Nerello Mascalese

These are some fresh and exciting wines from one of Sicily's hottest prospects - don't miss out on this!

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