Margaret River
Just checking in from Perth airport, en route to Exmouth. We've had a wonderful few days in the Margaret River region - I squeezed in two full days of winery visits, all of which proved very successful. I can't remember a trip where I had such a high strike rate of exceptional visits, including Leeuwin, Moss Wood, Cullens, McHenry Hohnen, Cape Mentelle, Xanadu, Howard Park, Fermoy (hope I haven't left any out).
The great thing about Margaret River is that it's just 10 minutes from fantastic beaches, and you don't have to compromise on the wine at all: I've tasted some really world class wines here. More later. For now, a picture of one of the Moss Wood vineyards. What can you tell me about this picture?
Labels: Australia, Margaret River
4 Comments:
Looks like bilateral cordon VSP, 1.5-2m x 2-3m spacing, north-south orientation. Red-brown loam topsoil (rich in iron?), cover-crop, cannot see any drip irrigation, so dry farming perhaps. Quite a lot of foliage versus fruit though (green-harvested?), with fruiting zone at about 1m. Interesting to see some leaves pointing down instead of up (to shade the fruit from the sun?).
Pretty good Irving
I'd add that it's Scott Henry, with downward as well as upward canopy - each vine is pruned to four canes, the lower two forming the downward canopy. It's a way to manage very vigorous vines to ensure there's still fruit sun exposure
All very technical gentleman. Probably needless to add that it is Cabernet Sauvignon, the variety that makes Moss Woods flagship wines, one of Australia's benchmark wines.
Yes, Maurice, although Moss Wood's top vineyard is unirrigated with old vines and a single wire - no dual canopy needed because the vigour is natually controlled.
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