2006, being only our 2nd harvest, in hindsight was a lenient season by comparison to those since. It seems the long warm Indian summer that led up to harvest enabled our vines to familiarise themselves in their new 'terroir' producing fruit of markedly greater intensity and vitality than our first vintage or maybe it is merely that one extra year maturity of the vines.  With our aim to be producing wines with elegance and strength of structure we are pleased either way.  Maybe, on opening a Ngeringa Syrah 2006, you will agree that there's a deeper expression, a finer and more complete tannin structure than our first well received vintage.  Our 2006 J.E Pinot Noir has also a more complete structure and length of flavour.  It's no news to you however that 2007 by comparison was dry and extreme, and yet, as you will see quite surprisingly, this didn't interfere with our 2007 J.E wines from capturing elegance, backbone and fruit intensity. The 2007 NGERINGA Viognier excudes aromatics and yet is fine and delicate on the palate.  The 2007 J.E Chardonnay is particularly exciting, and our 2008 J.E Rosé is a serious, thought provoking saingé.  Last but not least, we are releasing our 2008 NGERINGA Extra Virgin Olive Oil - spicy, flavoursome and a complete salad dressing of its own.
 

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Some notes on our winegrowing philosophy... Our approach to both the growing and the making of the wine is purposely traditional, doing much in the vineyard by hand and being as least interventionist in the winemaking as possible.  In the winery, we aim to create wines with structure and finesse, subtle and multilayered flavours.  Our minimalist approach favours hand harvest and small batch winemaking, the use of minimal new oak (French of course!) and only wild fermentation & natural malolactic. The result we hope is wine with vitality and integrity, genuinely expressing the fruit from which it was made.

 

We present two tiers under the Ngeringa label.  J.E wines are made in the reserved, savoury style characteristic of Ngeringa and are a reflection of the veracious and dynamic fruit from which they were made.  NGERINGA is reserved only for the ultimate of Ngeringa wines and represents the vitality and expression of the best fruit from Ngeringa's vineyards.