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The growing season leading up to the 2026 vintage was extremely challenging, with well below average Winter and Spring rainfall. The 2025 rainfall total in Rutherglen was 310mm for the year, which is nearly half that of our long-term average rainfall of 565mm per year. This led to the requirement of early irrigation in the vineyard, with watering commencing in September to try and maintain soil moisture levels. It appeared that it would be a year with low disease pressure, and we were gearing ourselves for another early and hot vintage.

November the 12th saw Rutherglen experience a severe inversion frost with temperatures of 0◦C from midnight, dropping to -2◦C by the morning; leading to severe frost damage across the Rutherglen region, with some vineyards losing 70-80% of their crop. This damage was extremely devastating.

January and the start of February were very hot, with heat wave conditions and temperatures above 40 degrees, and several days with catastrophic fire risk.

Vintage commenced on the 16th of February with some Chardonnay off our Sunday Creek vineyard, yielding at around 25% of its average yield. The 2026 vintage progressed very much with a stop start nature, with a welcome rain event of 30mm at the end of February, freshening everything up. However, this led to the month of March proving to be very wet, with rain events every week and a total rainfall for us of 150mm for the month. This put extreme pressure in the vineyard with splitting and subsequent bunch rots developing.

Overall, the vintage has been a very long one, over a period of 12 weeks. With the low yields, we have seen good concentration of flavours across white and red varieties; particularly strong are the reds that were picked before the rain, which show very small berry size, great colour and flavour concentration.

A blend of 3 different parcels of wine from three different regions, each vineyard was picked separately in the cool of the early morning and immediately processed to remove the juice from the skins and preserve the fresh aromatics. The juice was clarified prior to fermentation, then fermented in stainless steel tanks for around 7 days at temperatures of approximately 12-13 Celsius. When the ferment was at the halfway point, the fermentation was stopped through cooling and filtration, leaving the natural sugars in the wine and a lower alcohol content.

The wine was fined and clarified prior to bottling in late April 2026 to lock in fruitfulness and freshness.

Our 2026 Pfeiffer Moscato is a light, refreshing and deliciously aromatic wine. The palate is fresh and vibrant, with seductive tropical flavours, delicate sweetness and a light spritz.

Very versatile – can be enjoyed with both savoury and sweet dishes. Our Moscato makes a great aperitif, served alongside an antipasto or crudité platter. Try it with a Vindaloo curry, to see how the fruity flavours in the wine quell the heat of the spices. Or as an accompaniment to dessert, try our Moscato with grilled peaches and a high quality vanilla icecream.