Petersons
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Location: Hunter Valley
James Halliday Rating: 4 starsIan Peterson, a pharmacist, his wife Shirley and son Colin purchased an old dairy farm known as Glenesk at Mount View in 1964, with the intention of raising beef cattle. In 1971 ten acres of Semillon were planted to supply McWilliam's winery. This was to be the commencement of a very successful vineyard on the rich soils of Mount View in the Lower Hunter Valley.
In 1980 thirty acres of vines had been planted, consisting of Semillon, Chardonnay, Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon and Pinot Noir. In 1981 the decision was made to produce two wines, Chardonnay & Shiraz. The first release of wines also brought their first medal.
The vineyard has since been planted out to 40 acres with new plantings of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Viognier. In 2001 Peterson's have established a new winery aimed at small batch wine production while maintaining the superior quality for which Peterson's are renowned.
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1997 Petersons Samantha Pinot Chardonnay
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This wine is brassy straw displaying Chardonnay and Pinot fruit Characters with complex aromas of toast and honey enhanced by aged yeast autolysis characters. Citrus fruit flavour and attractive yeast derived characters dominate a palate that has great weight and a beautiful clean acid finish.
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2001 Petersons Shiraz
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Deep plum red in colour with a youthful hue. Now showing peppery spice on the bouquet, with cedary oak influences and slight earthy overtones. The palate has sweet plumy fruit flavours with well integrated vanillin/ cedary oak, all lengthened with fine tannins and good acidity. Fermented in open vats for 14 days then matured in carefully selected French & American oak for 14 months. A medium to rich style Shiraz showing loads of fruit flavour with a well balanced tannin/acid structure.
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2001 Petersons Ian's Selection Shiraz
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Another excellent parcel of Shiraz selected by founder Ian Peterson. A dark red wine with an attractive crimson hue. Highly perfumed bouquet of cloves, cedar, cinnamon and spicy plum. The palate is delighted by soft, plum fruit integrated with cloves, cinnamon and rich, soft vanillin oak. With well balanced acids and medium to firm tannins the palate is lengthened in order to savour the long lingering aftertaste of milk chocolate, fruit and spice. Cold soaked for 5 days prior to a cool 14 day open vat fermentation, held on skins a further 6 days before pressing, and matured in American oak for 14 months. Due to minimal handling and filtration a harmless crust may develop in the bottle Cellar 5-8 years.
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2001 Petersons Ian's Selection Cabernet Sauvignon
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Deep red in colour with a purple hue. The superb cassis fruit driven nose is complemented by chocolate, coffee and sweet cinnamon oak. A medium to full bodied wine showing berry fruits with minty chocolate characters and well integrated cedary oak. Good acid balance and tight tannins leave the palate long and flavoursome. Cold soaked for 5 days prior to a cool 14 day open vat fermentation, held on skins a further 6 days before pressing and matured in French and American oak for 14 months. Cellar for 5-8 years.
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Reviews & Ratings
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Peterson's has been rated as 'EXCEPTIONAL' in James Halliday's 'Australian Wine Guide'. This rating covers both red and white wines.
Amongst the most significant awards was the Qantas Cup, a wine challenge between Australia and the United States, with a panel of eight international judges. Peterson's Chardonnay was first in the Chardonnay class and was picked as the Best White Wine in the show. In 1998 Peterson's wines were exclusively invited by the Honourable John Howard to supply wine to the Annual Prime Ministers Dinner.
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