Chalk Hill Vermentino 2021
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A family business for six generations, the Harvey clan have six vineyards spread across Mclaren Vale gong back to 1897.Chalk Hill has a lot of old vine super premium Shiraz, Cabernet and Grenache in the ground but are also focused on new varieties well suited to the McLaren Vale’s Mediterranean climate, like Vermentino, Barbera and Sangiovese.
Region
McLaren Vale, SA
Winery
Chalk Hill Wines Deck Bar and Small Batch Release
Variety
Hot climates hot cultivar: An introduction to Vermentino
Winery
Chalk Hill
Located in Littlehampton in the Adelaide Hills, Honey Bang Bang delivers a fun, vibrant take on South East Asian food. The venue is owned, run and served by husband and wife team, Montie & Hailey Waraich. Their food is created from locally sourced produce, to deliver meals with flavour bangs of high quality. Their love and passion for food is evident in their food, and is perfect to be shared amongst family and friends.
By now you have probably guessed I'm partial to a glass of wine or two! Yes, I do drink other drinks but wine with dinner after a day of parenting is, well ESSENTIAL!! I have visited many wineries and am part of quite a few wine clubs, and along with visiting local independent bottle shops, I pick up some GREAT bargains online. A good chunk of those come from winedirect.com.au and my mate Dan who is the business development manager there!
What do you pair with a light, refreshing, Asian influenced delicious smashed cucumber salad? Riesling my friend, riesling.
Can't have party food without something to drink - can we?? Good party food is definitely bubbles but bubbles is such a cop-out. Let's make it a little more interesting and go with a deliciously juicy Riesling.
This week I am sipping on a Semillon from First Creek in the Hunter Valley. Semillon is a thing of beauty really. Drunk young it's fresh with juicy acidity, apple, pear, and loads of bright citrus notes. Kept in the cellar and it will reward you in 5, 10, and 20 years. As it develops it gets (I think) a little grassy, the acidity is less prominent and notes of honey start to form. Pick this up from winedirect.com.au at a bargain of $22 a bottle and the only thing you will complain about is having not bought 6-12 bottles!
Located in Littlehampton in the Adelaide Hills, Honey Bang Bang delivers a fun, vibrant take on South East Asian food. The venue is owned, run and served by husband and wife team, Montie & Hailey Waraich. Their food is created from locally sourced produce, to deliver meals with flavour bangs of high quality. Their love and passion for food is evident in their food, and is perfect to be shared amongst family and friends.
Last week Dan and Jess ventured up the hill (if you have been there before, you know what we are talking about) for the opening of the NEW Chalk Hill Deck Bar, as well as tasting their fifth, Small Batch Release, the 2021 Chalk Hill SBR Gruner Veltliner.
The hot vintages of the 2008 and 2009 growing season definitely put South Aussie vineyards through their paces, especially in the hotter regions. For many vignerons these record heat conditions punished vines, stalling flavour development while sugar levels raced ahead.
While there have been plenty of good and even exceptional wines made, many of these wines carry the double albatross of excessive alcohol and dead fruit even after reverse osmosis. In hotter regions particularly, many traditional varietals suffered, with low yields, excessive baume and loss of varietal flavour being just some of the side effects. Varieties commonly found in the warmer parts of Europe fared much better in terms of vine health during the heatwave and fruit quality when picked. I wondered to what extent these extreme vintages would influence the planting of warm climate cultivars like Vermentino and if Vermentino has a viable mainstream future. You may well ask why I wondered, well I’m a big fan
How many roads must a man walk down before you can call him a man?... I don't know but I know there are not many roads a man can walk down in McLaren Vale without bumping into a Chalk Hill Vineyard!
Less than 40km south of Adelaide, McLaren Vale is another one of South Australia's renowned Shiraz producers, accounting for roughly 50% of grapes crushed annually.
