Located high on a hill in the heart of Hunter Valley Wine Country, Bimbadgen is a striking winery and vineyard encompassing an expansive Cellar Door, award-winning Esca Bimbadgen Restaurant, Cafe, outdoor amphitheatre and modern tasting rooms all in the one stunning location.
Situated in the commanding position on a hilltop with magnificent views to the Brokenback and Barrington Ranges, the Bimbadgen Cellar Door allows visitors to overlook the vines that made the wine at your table, and visibly see the production tanks and crushing pits upon entry. To be completely engulfed in the entire process behind the finished product.
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A lush amphitheatre surrounded by vines allows Bimbadgen to entertain up to 8,000 people for several music concerts each year. The hugely successful ‘A Day on the Green’ concert series is a feature of the Estate each year from September through the summer season to March the following year.
Since ‘A Day on the Green’ commenced in November 2002, Bimbadgen has been host to a range of national and internationally acclaimed artists including John Mellancamp, Alicia Keys, Leonard Cohen, Cold Chisel, Lionel Richie, INXs, Joe Cocker, Blondie, The Pretenders, Steely Dan and Simply Red.
The fruit for this wine, the Bimbadgen Shiraz Viognier 2011 was grown on Bimbadgen’s home vineyard in the Hunter Valley situated on McDonalds Road, Pokolbin.
The Shiraz and Viognier grapes were harvested together then crushed and destemmed into an 8 tonne fermenter. Left to cold soak for 2 days to assist in colour extraction before co-fermentation with a selected yeast strain. The ferment was mixed twice daily with pulses of air too gently extract tannins before being pressed off skins and transferred to French oak barrels for malo-lactic fermentation. Maturation in oak barrels lasted 12 months before blending and bottling.
Dark purple with red tints, the nose shows dark cherries and cedar with some lifted violet perfume. Pretty plum fruit flavours dominate the palate which is balanced with some savoury tobacco leaf flavours and sweet spices. Ripe fruit tannins and many fine oak tannins assist in the soft structure of this wine.
Bimbadgen
Address 790 McDonalds Road, Pokolbin NSW 2320
Telephone 02 4998 4600
Open Sunday to Thursday 10am to 5pm Friday and Saturday 10am to 7pm
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