I have been working all afternoon on our new New Zealand Flyer for Johner Estate.
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Almost finished our Pinot Noir
Harvest in the Wairarapa is speeding up. There are some vineyards with huge crops and Botrytis infections. But those who properly take care of their vines and do some green harvest, just have perfect grapes.
We have almost finished our Pinot Noir and the pressure of fresh botrytis will increase every day, especially if we have warm damp weather.
Morning fog followed by sunny weather is a beautiful sight, but the grapes mature rapidly and the skins start to get thin and crack open. A good entrance for Botrytis.
This year, looking at the vines, we thought, we would have a larger crop than normal, but the berry sizes were between 6mm and 12mm, resulting in low weights once again.
The crop levels from Pinot Noir range from 2 to 3 tons per hectare. Brix levels were between 22,5 Brix (96°Oe) and 24,2 (104°Oe) and the fruit was very ripe with wonderful intense flavours.
We hardly had any shrivelled dry raisins giving grapes the taste you would normally get in Pinot Noir from Central Otago.
Just intense blackberry and blueberry flavours deriving from the alluvial free draining gravels.
As we don’t like too many stalks/stems/striggs, unripe berries, well green components, we also sort out these after the destrigging machine…
At the same time we have also been assembling our 2007 Pinot Noirs, deciding what will go into the reserve Pint Noir and what will go into the normal Gladtsone Pinot Noir .
Can you imagine the chaos of barrel sorting in the middle of harvest?
Financial Times Weekend – Foods of the forest by Sue Style
We have been mentioned in an article by Sue Style in the Financial Times / Arts and Weekend / Food and drink.
There is an online version here…
You can also find an online version at blog.winetravelguides.com
Sue Style also has her own Homepage here…
Hello to all Wine Bloggers Worldwide from sunny harvest 2008 in New Zealand.
When surfing the Internet, it is quite amazing how many Wine Blogs are out there. I have gathered some together, and I’m still finding more every day. Now as most of the Wine Bloggers live in the northern Hemisphere waiting for warm weather…
… I just thought, that I’d say hello and invite you all to have a look at what’s going on here in the Wairarapa at Johner Estate…
We are in the middle of harvest, and it has been a wonderful dry season with plenty of sunshine and most important of all “Cold Nights”… The essential thing for cool climate varieties like Pinot Noir or fruity Sauvignon Blanc.
So if you would like to leave a comment or have any questions, I’ll be more than happy to reply!!!
Greetings to All !!!
Patrick
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Master Sommelier Shayn Bjornholm has reviewed our 2004 Pinot Noir
We have received a note from our U.S. Importer Ingenium Wines
We have received the following review from Master Sommelier Shayn Bjornholm:
2004 Karl. H. Johner “Enselberg” Pinot Noir, Baden, Germany
From the screw cap enclosure to the use of Pinot Noir on the label (instead of Spatburgunder) to the 14% alcohol by volume, Johner is quite obviously not your grandmother’s German producer. Both the style and marketing of the wine display a modern approach to sate the seemingly unquenchable thirst for this grape in the United States – and what timing. Bravo! The wine is delicious, flat out. It reminds of something between a riper California Central Coast meets a 1er Cru Chassagne Montrachet rouge – rich, fresh, bursting red cherry/raspberry and purple flowers with tannins that are soft and round, with a hint of tea leaf earth and a restrained touch of exotic baking spice due to oak. For the money, a fine, balanced, perfect to drink now bottle of Pinot Noir.
Now as I’m in New Zealand at the moment I only have our German Label of the Wine here…
Harvest Special … FREE … Guided Vineyard and Winery Tour with a small Winetasting
During our New Zealand Harvest from 1st. April until 3rd May 2008 from Monday-Saturday 10am – 5pm…
… we cordially invite you to have an in depth view of how we pick, handle and vinify excellent grown low yield high quality Pinot Noir and our other Grape varieties…
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Sunrise / Sonnenaufgang at Johner Estate
Last thursday 3rd of April was a perfect day for picking. Clear blue sky with some thin stripes of cloud… An opportunity to set up the video and film until the battery was empty.
Letzten Donnerstag hatten wir perfectes Wetter für die Weinlese… Also raus mit der Kamera und den Sonnenaufgan gefilmt..
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Sauvignon Blanc 2008… The big lot.
Yesterday evening at the local pub, we tasted some of our colleagues Sauvignon Blancs. Absolutely fascinating, what kind of styles our neighbours make. Some very similar to our 2007 elderberry style. But then also some with more tropical aromas. In one case, I had never scented this pure intense Grapefruit flavor before. So with all these impressions in mind, it was time to rack off the main lot of Sauvignon Blanc.
The juice was cold settled in 1000l tanks, which were stored in a cooling container.
Johner Estate Gladstone Pinot Gris 2007 Reviewed in WineNZ Magazine autumn 2008
Our 2007 Pinot Gris has been reviewed in the WineNZ Magazine issue automn 2008. The team comments are:
Straw. Lifted floral-citrus fragrance. Very citrusy flavours with melon and apricot. Good concentration on the palate with lifted vibrant acidity on finish.
It is selling very well and we will probably be sold out until August.
First Overview over Harvest 2008 in New Zealand
On the 27th of March picking began with our Sauvignon Blanc with absolute wonderful weather.
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