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To enhance their market appeal and ensure freshness and longevity, all Ashbrook wines are bottled using screw cap closures.
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Riesling
The mild maritime climate of Margaret River allows Riesling to express more floral characteristics and greater palate intensity than seen in cooler regions. Rieslings from Margaret River produced the region’s first trophy and gold medal.
Ashbrook Rieslings are made mainly from free run juice.
Some highlights include:
• 1st Place 1999 SGIO Awards
• Runner up 2005 and 2006 Sheraton WA Wine Awards |
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Semillon
Grown on a variety of trellising systems and picked over several weeks to produce a wine which encompasses a range of flavours and aromas, Ashbrook Semillon is unwooded.
Some highlights include:
• James Halliday’s Weekend Australian Top 100 1997 and 1998
• First place 2003 and 2005 Sheraton WA Wine Awards
• 95 points James Halliday (2007, 2008)
• Matthew Jukes (UK) Top 100 Australian Wines 2004 |
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Verdelho
Ashbrook is arguably Australia’s premium producer of Verdelho in the unwooded, crisp, fruit-driven style.
Some highlights include:
• Gold Medal Margaret River Wine Show 2002
• First place 2005 and 2009 Sheraton WA Wine Awards
• James Halliday’s Weekend Australian Top 100 2007 and 2008 |
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Sauvignon Blanc
An unwooded style based around ripe rather than green fruit characters.
Some highlights include:
• Runner up 2001 and 2004 Sheraton WA Wine Awards
• First place 2002 Sheraton WA Wine Awards
• James Halliday’s Weekend Australian Top 100 2005
• 95 points James Halliday (2008)
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Chardonnay
This wine is 50% fermented and stored in new French barriques for 7-8 months. There is no lees stirring or malolactic fermentation, thus highlighting Margaret River’s attractive and intense primary fruit flavours and aromas which combine seamlessly with a backbone of quality oak. Margaret River consistently produces Australia’s best Chardonnays.
Some highlights include:
• James Halliday’s Weekend Australian Top 100 1997 and 2007
• Gold medal Margaret River Wine Show 2004, 2005
• Best Overall Wine Margaret River Wine Show 2004
• Australia’s Best Chardonnay (97 points) James Halliday Australian Wine Companion 2006
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Shiraz
Grown entirely on a “lyre” trellis system so as to eliminate green characters and highlight the attractive fruit flavours of this variety Ashbrook produces Shiraz wines of a silky, rich texture and medium to full bodied style, enhanced by 12 months in French oak and two years of bottle maturation.
Some highlights include:
• 93 points James Halliday (2004)
• 11th of 135 wines Royal Melbourne Wine Show 2008
• 94 points James Halliday (2005)
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Cabernet Merlot
Margaret River is regarded as the premier region in Australia for Bordeaux blends as typified by Ashbrook’s blend of approximately 75% Cabernet Sauvignon and 25% Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. Two years in French Oak and two years’ bottle maturation produce classical wines of elegance, intensity and opulence.
Some highlights include:
• 93 points James Halliday (2003)
• 94 points James Halliday (2004)
• 8th of 135 wines Royal Melbourne Wine Show 2008 (2004) |
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