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The early 1990s saw the commencement of an out-sourced red winemaking operation by oenologist Tim Mortimer.
The Mortimer Method so developed, dispensing with attention to normal red wine marketing requirements which might have an inhibitory effect on blending processes. For example the designation of a variety, region or vintage year on the bottle label. The over-riding concern was to blend the available wine parcels for maximum benefit in enhancing palate characteristics. Softness, roundness and other textural attributes, complexity and depth of flavour, robustness to enable a successful bottle maturation.
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From this the first Black Stump Wines evolved. Grape varieties used were Shiraz, Cabernet sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet franc and Pinot noir, sourced from the regions of McLaren Vale, Adelaide Hills and Langhorne Creek in South Australia.
Vintages harvested were 1990 to 1996, with bottlings being made in 1992, 1993, and 1996. The wines were numbered sequentially in the order in which they were drawn from the barrel and bottled, with some of the production set aside for bottle maturation. Primarily this took place in an underground cellar at Riverton in South Australia, and more recently in the controlled conditions of Glen Ewin Cellars.
A release has just been made of these first wines, bottle-matured in ideal conditions.
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WINE #1 |
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1992
14% v/v
Shiraz
McLaren Vale, South Australia |
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WINE #2 |
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1992
14% v/v
Cabernet sauvignon
McLaren Vale / Adelaide Hills, South Australia |
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WINE #3 |
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1993
14% v/v
Shiraz / Pinot noir
McLaren Vale / Adelaide Hills, South Australia |
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1993
14% v/v
Pinot noir / Shiraz
McLaren Vale / Adelaide Hills, South Australia |
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1996
14.5% v/v
Cabernet Franc
Adelaide Hills, South Australia |
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WINE #6 |
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1996
13.5% v/v
Various
South Australia |
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