Priced at $175 with delivery included, each 2013 Winter Wine Box contains the following wines

• 4 bottles of 2007  Shiraz - a full-bodied bold red wine, displaying fresh berry fruits with pepper and spice on the palate and a bouquet of  mulberries, oak and spice.  Bronze medal winner at the 2008 Cool Climate Wine Show, 2008 Cowra Wine Show, 2008 Australian Small Winemakers Show and the 2009 Visy Great Shiraz Challenge
• 4 bottles of  2011 Chenin Blanc  – a  bouquet of lemon and passionfruit with a delicate melon palate and soft fresh finish
• 4 bottles of 2010 Veronica (Shiraz rosé)  -  a vibrant pink red wine with a bouquet of rhubarb, strawberries and cinnamon; tasting of red berries and finishing soft and clean with a lingering tang of tropical spice.  Bronze medal winner at the 2010 Blackwood Valley Wine Show

All orders are delivered Australia wide to your door by Australia Post

Order online at www.treetonestate.com.au

If you are down this way for a winter break, then please call in to say hello and to taste our new vintages

best wishes

Team Treeton

Winemakers Selection

Priced at $160 with delivery included, each 2012 Christmas Wine Box contains the following wines

• 4 bottles of  2009 Chenin Blanc  – a  bright crisp wine, clean on the palate with a pineapple, passionfruit finish
• 4 bottles of 2010 Veronica (Shiraz rosé)  -  a vibrant pink red wine with a palate full of strawberry and pomegranate finishing with a hint of tropical spice
• 4 bottles of 2009 Valley Block Shiraz - a big shiraz full of cherry and mulberry flavours with a long lingering memory of a very good Aussie Shiraz

All orders are delivered Australia wide to your door by Australia Post

Order online at www.treetonestate.com.au

If you are down this way over the festive season then call in and say hello

May you and your family have a very safe and happy festive season

Team Treeton

Treeton Estate’s 2011 vintage white grapes were harvested on February 24.  While the day had been hot, the night was cool, providing perfect conditions for a harvest which began at midnight.

We would like to thank all those ‘friends of Treeton’ who helped the harvest run so smoothly.

And look forward to the tasting the results of that work when Treeton Estate’s white wines are released around September.

To celebrate the coming holiday season, we are delighted to offer our customers the chance to buy Treeton Estate’s Christmas Wine Box at a very special price of $160, including free delivery of these medal-winning wines to anywhere in Australia – a 30% discount on our cellar door price.

Each 2010 Christmas Box contains the following wines:

• 1 x 2010 Sauvignon Blanc Semillon (SBS)
• 2 x 2009 unwooded Chardonnay
• 2 x 2009 Chenin Blanc
• 2 x 2010 Veronica (Shiraz rosé)
• 2 x 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon
• 1 x 2009 Park Block Shiraz
• 1 x 2007 Shiraz
• 1 x Special Blend (port style wine)

Whether you are eating turkey, ham or seafood, our Veronica rosé is made for the Christmas table.  The Special Blend – a Treeton Estate port – is a perfect complement to your Christmas pudding or a fine cheese plate.

For home or as a perfect gift for family and friends, the Christmas Box can be ordered online from our website, by fax or mail or at our Cellar Door. The offer is open until December 31, or while stocks last.  All orders are delivered free to the door,  anywhere in Australia, by Australia Post within a few working days.

If you are ‘ down south ‘ over the holiday period, please call into and taste our new vintage wines before you buy.  You are welcome to bring a picnic and spend some time at the winery.  Contact us if you would like to book the gazebo for a large group.

If you have any queries about this offer, please contact us here.

Karen selected a mixed case of the 2009 Chenin Blanc and 2010 Sauvignon Blanc Semillon as her prize. When asked why she signed up to the Treeton Estate email list, Karen said:

On holiday early in 2010, I first found your winery when I was out on my daily walkies. I was staying at the Tasty Olive B&B, so as you know I hadn’t gone far.

I saw you were open for tasting and relented. I’m on holidays!!! So I went in for a taste. Your Chenin Blanc was from then and still is my favourite.

No surprise I had to come back with the car:)

Thank you for the story Karen, and we hope that you enjoy  sharing the prize with family and friends in your beautiful part of NSW. You were not the first (or will be the last!) to find the atmosphere at ‘Our Place’ so welcoming that a return visit seems like a great idea.

We look forward to pulling another winner from our email list in three months time.

To mark the release of Treeton Estate’s 2009 red and 2010 white wines, we are delighted to offer the chance to try our new wines at a very special price of $175 a mixed case – a 23% discount on our Cellar Door price – plus free delivery anywhere in Australia.

The 2010 Tasting Box contains 2 bottles each of:

• 2010 Sauvignon Blanc Semillon (SBS) – displays a bouquet of gooseberry, asparagus, melon and passionfruit.  With a generous palate full of pear, melon and passionfruit, finishing bright, clean, zesty, long and engaging.
• 2010 Unwooded Chardonnay – displays a bouquet of nectarines and melon with a faint rose petal fragrance, alongside a complementary palate of nectarine and citrus with a hint of ginger spice.  The wine finishes light, clean, fresh and lingering.
• 2009 Chenin Blanc  (2009 release). This clear, bright wine has a floral passionfruit bouquet. Crisp and light on the palate with a long bright pineapple and passionfruit finish
• 2010 Veronica.  Made from 100% Shiraz grapes, the 2010 Veronica mirrors its vibrant pink red colour with a bouquet of rhubarb, strawberry and cinnamon.  Tasting of red berries and finishing fresh and clean with a lingering tang of tropical spice.
• 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon – has a bouquet of blackberry and currant, followed by a mouth full of berries, hints of violet and soft oak, with medium tannins and a long, well-balanced sweet berry finish.  Just delicious!
• 2009 ‘Park Block’ Shiraz – is the renamed successor to our very popular medal-winning 2007 Shiraz.  Defined by a bouquet of white pepper with a background of cherries and raspberries, the wine is light and spicy through the palate with soft tannins and well balanced acid supporting a clean, lingering finish.

The 2010 Tasting Box can be purchased online through our website; or using the Special Offer order form (download here) by fax or phone from the winery.

We are delighted to announce the release of the Treeton Estate  2009 red and 2010 white wines.

• 2010 Sauvignon Blanc Semillon (SBS) displays a bouquet of gooseberry, asparagus, melon and passionfruit.  With a generous palate full of pear, melon and passionfruit, finishing bright, clean, zesty, long and engaging.
• 2010 Unwooded Chardonnay displays a bouquet of nectarines and melon with a faint rose petal fragrance, alongside a complementary palate of nectarine and citrus with a hint of ginger spice.  The wine finishes light, clean, fresh and lingering.
• 2009 Chenin Blanc (2009 release). This clear, bright wine has a floral passionfruit bouquet. Crisp and light on the palate with a long bright pineapple and passionfruit finish
• 2010 Veronica.  Made from 100% Shiraz grapes, the 2010 Veronica mirrors its vibrant pink red colour with a bouquet of rhubarb, strawberry and cinnamon.  Tasting of red berries and finishing fresh and clean with a lingering tang of tropical spice.
• 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon has a bouquet of blackberry and currant, followed by a mouth full of berries, hints of violet and soft oak, with medium tannins and a long, well-balanced sweet berry finish.  Just delicious!
• 2009 Park Block Shiraz is the renamed successor to our very popular medal-winning 2007 Shiraz.  Defined by a bouquet of white pepper with a background of cherries and raspberries, the wine is light and spicy through the palate with soft tannins and well balanced acid supporting a clean, lingering finish.

We look forward to sharing these wines with you at the Cellar Door next time you are down at our place.

All wines are all available for purchase online, offering a 15% case discount on the Cellar Door price, plus free delivery to anywhere in Australia.

Our wines are also available through a fast-growing list of bottle shops, cafes and restaurants in Western Australia.

Many wine-lovers find that they can enjoy Treeton Estate wines without the headaches and hayfever-like reactions that they find with some other wines.

David McGowan, our vigneron and winemaker, uses a combination of clean, green, traditional techniques and modern advances to hand craft his wines using sulphur as the only antioxidant preservative.

David’s philosophy and approach to winemaking is to grow premium fruit and then to allow grape quality and terroir to define the character of his wines.  Using optimum vineyard management and a scrupulously clean and cool processing environment removes the need for additives.

Specially designed pruning and foliage management techniques, natural fertilisers and early use of low concentration sulphur sprays, control the development of natural yeasts and fungus.  David thereby limits the need for other control techniques, while still producing first-rate fruit.

Modern machine harvesters are used as they are clean and fast, allowing the fruit to be picked at or before sunrise while the grapes are still cool from the cold night air.

David pays close attention to using tanks and equipment which are meticulously  cleaned and where temperatures are tightly controlled.

After fermentation is complete, the wines are first treated with naturally-occurring clay (bentonite) to remove unwanted grape proteins. Inorganic compounds such as tartrates are then removed by reducing the temperature of the wine to below zero.  Modern filtration techniques are used to polish the wine without risking the introduction of contaminants.

No milk, egg, fish, nut or animal products are used in Treeton Estate’s wine production process – avoiding the risks of allergic reaction that these products can create for some individuals.

This clean, green approach could be the reason that many people find they can enjoy Treeton Estate wines without allergenic after effects.

Unfortunately, many wine-lovers find that certain wines can trigger mild adverse physiological effects such as headaches and hayfever-like symptoms.

While there is no clear agreement among allergy specialists and oenologists (the science of wine processing), these adverse reactions are thought to reflect hypersensitivity and mild allergic responses to natural compounds in wines (such as tannins and histamines) and to certain additives that may be used in wine production.

Sulphur (including wine sulfites), egg whites, isinglass (fish bladders), nuts, gelatine and milk products have traditionally been used to remove unwanted proteins, tastes and inorganic components in the processing of fine wines.  Under Australian law, consumers should be alerted to any additives on the wine bottle label.

Oenology journals advise sensitive individuals to try small quantities of wines that are not labelled as containing allergens and then to stick to those that don’t cause a reaction.

No milk, egg, fish, nut or animal products are used in Treeton Estate’s wine production process – avoiding the risks of allergic reaction that these products can create for some individuals.

This is perhaps the reasons that many wine-lovers find that they can enjoy Treeton Estate wines without the headaches and hayfever-like reactions that they find with some other wines.

Helen

Over the weekend of July 17-18, visitors had a chance to view the bottling of Treeton Estate’s  2009 vintage reds and 2010 vintage white and rose wines.  The showery weather did not interfere with a highly successful operation.  Many thanks to everyone, as the winery team supported the highly efficient Maurice Lay and Peter Laslett from MAP On-Estate Bottling Services.

The vintage 2009 reds have responded superbly to the new American oak barrels that we provided this vintage.  The Cabernet Sauvignon is tasting rich beyond its age but unfortunately, the limited volume will restrict distribution of this already beautiful wine.

In addition to our usual Shiraz release, we have responded to growing interest in single vineyard wines by crafting a wine from grapes sourced entirely from the 24 year old vines in our Valley Block.  We look forward to feedback on this stunning new wine after it is released in 2011.

Treeton Estate’  2010 vintage whites are the unwooded Chardonnay and the Sauvignon Blanc Semillon (SBS) blend that won so many converts with the 2009 release.  David is very excited about the Chardonnay – watch this space!

We have used the 11-year old Shiraz grapes from the Park Block for the 2010 Veronica (rose) – photo above.   We look forward to offering you a taste of the new version of this very popular wine.