We were thrilled to have our 2023 Pfeiffer Gamay included in The Weekend Australian Magazine Drinks Issue Top 100 in November.
The list, curated by Nick Ryan, is considered our “nation’s top 100 drops” for 2024. How good is that!! If you missed the review, this is what Nick said…
“Think Rutherglen and the mind naturally goes to the region’s world-class fortifieds, but look through that complex sweetness and you’ll see the region’s table wine landscape liberally scattered with gems. The Pfeiffer family has been making Gamay for more than 30 years, long before the hipsters got hold of it, and this fragrant, juicy and elegantly framed wine shows that their understanding runs deep. It’s a “bush beaujolais” and it’s brilliant.”
Did you know our Gamay has been a Pfeiffer “pflagship” for almost 4 decades and was one of the varieties we inherited when we purchased the winery and vineyard from Seppelts in 1984?
Our old vines were planted in 1976 and at the time we believe the only two other wineries producing Gamay in Australia were Sorrenberg and Scarpantoni. Our old vines only produce around one tonne to the acre and are tight, small bunches that have glorious aromas of truffle and dark cherries.
In 1989 we planted an additional four acres of Gamay in another section of our Sunday Creek vineyard but the clone is very different and the younger vines make wines with strawberry and raspberry fruit characters. Over the past couple of seasons we have been taking cuttings from the old vines and grafting them onto the new vines because we think the older vines make better wines.
So pop a bottle of “bush beaujolais” in your cart…or pick up a few when you next visit the winery. Nick Ryan thinks its brilliant and we do too.
The Weekend Australian Magazine Drinks Issue
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