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Hand-picked reds, a perfect finish to 2009 vintage.

Melissa — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 06:05:29 +0000

Trying to anticipate the weather gods, and the likelihood of weather forecasts to be accurate indicators of pending weather, can be a stressful task around vintage. Dave spends many hours poring over the weather websites, in an effort to get the grapes off at the best possible time.

It has been a pretty dry year, which has caused the vines a bit of stress (apparently good for flavour profiles as long as the vines don’t start to shut down). So it was with the forecast of an electrical storm, and a big dump of raining coming that we decided it was time to pick.

The baume readings were looking really good (slowly, but surely going up), so plenty of sugar and flavour in the grapes. We put a great team together – mostly friends and family who love a MOOMBAKI drop – and perfect weather ensued for a great day of picking. All up we picked the Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Malbec (for that lovely bordeaux style blend) and Shiraz in the one day.

Star of the day had to be our own 14 y.o. Nelson, who hauled the buckets all day and together with James emptied them into the picking bins, equating to handling around 7 1/2 tonnes of fruit!

Winter 2008 Newsletter #9

Melissa — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:02:30 +0000

Moombaki Newsletter #9 Winter 2008

Moombaki May 2008 Special Newsletter #8

Melissa — Mon, 19 May 2008 23:14:21 +0000

The weather is cooling down, the evenings are drawing to a close sooner, it’s a great time to unwind with a slow-cooked casserole of local beef and seasonal vegetables and what better wine to go with it than a MOOMBAKI 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Malbec.

Normally retailing at $29, for the month of May, we are offering our cellar door and mail order customers a case of 12 for $240 (that’s $20 per bottle).

Awarded 90/100 by James Halliday, GOLD at Cowra Wine Show, 4 1/2 star WINESTATE rating, that’s a fantastic saving.

Moombaki Newsletter #8 May 2008 Special

2008 Vintage Newsletter

Melissa — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 12:00:16 +0000

As it’s been a dry year we are picking earlier than usual and the flavours are really generous and ripe. Yum!

The Chardonnay came off last weekend and once again our mixed bunch (no pun intended) of loyal friends, family and die-hard wine lovers joined us for a morning of snipping…

Moombaki Newsletter #6 Autumn 2008