Vineyard

Star Lane’s Vineyard is situated on two sites one of which grows the merlot and shiraz on red loam over mudstone and the other vineyard which grows the sangiovese and nebbiolo a couple of kilometres away on the granite soil.

The vineyards are slightly sloping with views stretching across the hills that encircle them in the valley to which they are planted. Being 450 metres above sea level the evenings are very cool from the mountain breezes and the days are long and sun filled. This creates a fantastic environment for growing grapes. The cool evenings allow for a long slow ripening period allowing the grapes to develop wonderful flavours and the sunny days allow for the fruit to mature, ripen and develop over the growing season.

A great deal of time and effort is put into the canapy and management of the vineyards and the fruit is kept to 1.8 tonne per acre so the crop levels are very low with the vine being in perfect balance with the fruit. The low cropping levels create concentrated wines with depth and character.