This wine is a blend of 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc grown at our vineyard at Lake George and matured in French and Hungarian oak barriques for 15 months. The nose exhibits fruitcake, plums, mulberry, raspberry, spice and violet aromas with vanilla oak overtones, while the palate is smooth, rich and savoury with black olive notes and fine balanced tannins and a long finish.

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2009 Lerida Estate Shiraz Viognier

This wine is made from fruit (95% Shiraz 5% Viognier) grown on our vineyard at Lake George. It is cold soaked for 5 days before fermentation (up to 35º) with hand plunging 3 times a day. It is left on skins for a further 10 days then pressed off to French oak barriques to mature for 15 months.

The wine has an intense nose of freshly stewed plums, cinnamon, pepper, apricot and vanilla aromas with a rich and savoury palate backed by a long fine grain tannin finish.

This wine will cellar for 5-8 years.

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2010 Shiraz

A classic cool climate Shiraz from the hills surrounding Canberra, which offers cool brambleberry and spice aromas with a surprisingly generous palate. The flavours are complex and refined, berries and a little pepper, with a long, fine tannin finish. With age, the wine will become progressively richer, revealing warmer, more complex flavours, riper berries and a little liquorice. Drink now, but definitely worth cellaring 4-6 years.

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2008 Josephine Pinot Noir

The Canberra District is not well known for Pinot Noir, as only a relatively small number  of the wineries (compared to Shiraz)   produce pinot  noirs .  Generally the best Pinot Noir producers come from the Lake George/ Bungendore/Wamboin sub-region which is higher and cooler than the rest of the wine region  - about 3 degrees cooler than Murrumbateman.  

Wine experts who have tastied this wine make comments like ‘ This is the best Pinot Noir to come from the Canberra District for a number of years’.

This wine is our top Pinot Noir from the 2008 Vintage. It contains all the top barrels from 2008.

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LGB - Lake George Blend

The Lake George Blend is a bit naughty, but also very nice. It is crafted to an ancient French recipe used in cooler years when the classic Bordeaux varieties, Merlot and Cabernet Franc, failed to ripen fully. In a practice banned under the French Appellation Controllée rules, winemakers would source warm southern Shiraz and even a little white Viognier to flesh out their tight tannic wine. Because 2010 was a cool year in the Canberra District, we made this wine (perfectly legally!) using our 2010 Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Shiraz, and little Viognier to lift the fruit.

The wine is very light in style, but with a luscious, almost cheeky fruitiness with red berries, plums and the elegant long Merlot tannin.

Enjoy it now and for the next 3-5 years.

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2010 Lerida Lake George Pinot Noir

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2010 Lerida Estate Botrytis Pinot Gris

This is a delightfully sweet wine showing the same nutty, dried apricot, raisin, spice, apple and marmalade aromas as previous vintages of this wine. The palate is warm and unctuous. The wine is balanced by a long acid finish..

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2011 Lerida Estate Pinot Grigio

This wine is made from Pinot Gris grapes grown at our vineyard at Lake George. It was fermented mostly in stainless steel, but 10% was fermented in older oak barrels. The wine shows apple, spice, citrus and rose aromas with savoury, vanilla overtones. The palate is rich and textured with a slight sweetness and a balanced acid finish.   The wine will cellar for 3-4 years.

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2010 Lerida Chardonnay

The fruit for the 2010 Chardonnay came from our Lake George vineyard and was picked early to maintain its distinctive freshness and elegance.

Pale green-gold in colour, it has a vibrant aroma of quince, nectarine and orange zest with a hint of cashew. The palate demonstrates tangy white stone fruit and grapefruit characters with a subtle mineral undertone that adds complexity. The wine was 100% barrel fermented and matured for 11 months with regular lees stirring in French oak (12.5% new); the barrel influence provides structural depth as well as balanced integration between fruit and oak. This wine will continue to improve for 3 – 5 years. 

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2010 Lerida Estate Unwooded Chardonnay

2008 Lerida Estate Brut Rosé

An intriguingly complex sparkling wine made from 75% Pinot Noir and 25% Chardonnay grown at our vineyard at Lake George. It shows an attractive orange pink colour with a fine persistent bead. The bouquet is complex from the mix of primary fruit characters (peaches, pears & cherries), plus biscuity, bready characters. The palate is rich and flavoursome balanced by crisp acidity.

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2011 Lerida Estate Pinot Rosé

The colour is crystalline pink like a pale Argyle diamond. A cool summers in 2011 produced wines with lovely red fruit aromas, with an intriguing floral overlay. Imagine red cherries and wild raspberries in a basket of roses and violets. The wine has pronounced mineral notes, unusual for a Rosé. With tight natural acids, the effect is remarkably refreshing and crisp. Low alcohol, 11.7%, helps set a new benchmark for the style. 

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2011 Lerida Estate Zenzi Rosato Frizzante (500ml)

Zingly, tingly Zenzi is a delicious blend of our most refined Lake George Viognier and Pinot Gris with a small amount of Pinot Noir to give a pink tinge. A delicately sparkling wine made to taste at its elegant best when ice cold, it has masses of fruit aromas (pear, citrus, apricot, peach, spice and musk) and a refreshingly fruity, rich palate with a long crisp, acid finish. Great for summer, and any festive occasion.

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2010 Lerida Estate Pinot Rosé Sur Lie

This unique Rosé with onion skin hues was fermented in old French oak, and lees stirred for 12 months. This bone dry Rosé has Lerida's signature bright cherry, raspberry and rose petal fruit with a spicy contrast.  The fruit is wonderfully balanced with a complex, mouth filling texture and a very long finish.  This is a superb food wine. The wine is mainly Pinot Noir with 8% Shiraz which adds elusive spicy and cedar notes. All grapes are from our Lake George vineyard.  Drink now or keep for up to 2 years. Serve at 11-12 C

Sur Lie is the French expression for ‘on the lees’

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