After visiting the Barossa for 10 years and working vintage with Andrew Seppelt at Murray Street Vineyards in Greenock, the decision to make the move from Melbourne, where Colin was working as a builder, was made. We were lucky enough to find a small old vineyard overlooking Flaxmans Valley. A proven Shiraz and Riesling area with names like Three Rivers, Pewsey Vale and Heggies as neighbours we knew the vineyard had real potential. The property consists of 2 ½ acres of 45+ year old Riesling, ½ acre of 45+ year old Semillon and 2 acres of 55+ year old Shiraz.
It is our belief that great wines are made in the vineyard. To that end all our vines are dry grown, hand pruned and hand picked. We keep our yields low about 1 ½ tonnes to the acre and basically treat the vineyard as our garden, right down to mowing our midrows with a ride-on mower to help prevent soil compaction. We also buy a small amount of Shiraz and Cabernet from vineyards with similar goals as us. We select individual rows which we believe best suit our needs and this fruit is used for our Shiraz Cabernet blend (60% Shiraz – 40% cabernet) which is called “The Stranger” as the fruit isn’t from our vineyard.
Colin works vintage for Murray St Vineyards in Greenock during which time he also makes all the Flaxman wines. The red wines are made in a traditional style, open fermenters, piggage and basket pressing and the whites are whole bunch pressed; the Semillon has the cordons cut approx 3 weeks prior to picking.
We have limited retail outlets in Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, WA & Brisbane and also are stocked in restaurants in Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, WA and the Sunshine Coast (refer to our stockists for more info).
2007 Riesling - $25.00
2006“The Stranger”- $35.002005 - Shiraz - Estate Grown - $45.00
2007 Desert Semillon - $20.00
View across the vineyard
colin & fiona sheppard
po box 552, angaston, south australia 5353
ph 0411 668 949
fax 08 8565 3299email info@flaxmanwines.com.au
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