Description
Bremley Vineyard is the northern most vineyard in Tasmania’s Coal River Valley. Originally planted with two hectares of Chardonnay in the early 2000s, the property was acquired by James and Vanessa Bresnehan in 2008. Since then they have added Pinot Noir, Pinot Blanc and Gamay to the mix, increasing the vineyard area to its current 13 hectares.
The fruit was sold to other wine producers until a certain point when James and Vanessa were overtaken by the urge to create some iconic single vineyard wines. Teaming up with acclaimed winemakers Justin Bubb and Anna Pooley, the first Bremley wines were released in 2021.
The site itself is unique, with the vineyard laying beneath Gunnings Surgarloaf in a natural amphitheatre protected from brutal summer north-westerly winds. Days during the growing season are long and warm, with the nights being cool due to the distance from moderating ocean influences. Site soils are mainly black cracking clays intermixed with dolerite.
Bremley is operated with a hands-on approach. Both James and Vanessa manage the day to day running of the vineyard, which is based around a sustainable outlook, now and into the future.
Previous winner of 2024 Australian Pinot Noir Challenge – claimed the top honour at Australia’s premier Pinot Noir competition, marking the fifth consecutive year a Tasmanian winery has taken the top spot. The 2023 Bremley Pinot Noir from the Coal River came out on top.
About this wine: The fruit was 100 % destemmed and inoculated with a neutral yeast to preserve fruit purity, while highlighting varietal characters from the vineyard. Fermented for 18 days on skins to build structure and depth. Matured for 10 months in 35 % new François Frères puncheons adding a subtle complexity and fine texture while allowing the vibrant fruit profile to remain the focus. Gently filtered, then bottled un-fined and vegan friendly. 13.5 % Alc/Vol.
94 points, Gary Walsh, The Wine Front “Cherry, strawberry, baking spice, a little bit rosy and stony too. It’s medium-bodied, pure in red fruit, some spice and something of a tea-like flavour and a bit of something ‘mineral’ about it, fine-grained powdery tannin, balanced acidity, with a bright and juicy finish of very good length. It’s pretty youthful as at now and still coming together, but it’s a lovely wine. Shines the light on purity of fruit without too much winemaking artifice.”
RRP $59 Our Special Price $48.99 when you buy 6 or more of this wine
