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Yarra Valley<br />
Luke Lambert<br />
Luke Lambert believes that the personality of a wine is dictated by its place.<br />
He therefore makes his wines from single vineyards on sites with poor, rocky<br />
soils in elevated pockets of the Yarra Valley. Luke started out with 1,000 kg<br />
of fruit, a small basket press, a tank and a 30-year-old barrel. A few vintages<br />
later, not much has changed. The fruit is handpicked and wild fermented with<br />
no temperature control, new oak, pumping, filtration,<br />
or fining, and sulphur is used sparingly. Instead, he<br />
favours hand plunging, long macerations (with plenty<br />
of whole bunch for the Syrah), basket-pressing,<br />
gravity, and old oak. Luke is a perfectionist and it<br />
really shows in his wines where purity and tension<br />
dominate. Although he is a Nebbiolo obsessive, his<br />
Syrah is reminiscent of the Northern Rhone and his<br />
Chardonnay is positively febrile.<br />
code WINE vintage case PRICE PER<br />
bottle<br />
B2111 Syrah 2016 6 € 33.00<br />
B1215 Chardonnay 2016 6 € 30.00<br />
B2112 Nebbiolo 2015 6 € 44.00<br />
Luke is a perfectionist and it really shows in his<br />
wines where purity and tension dominate<br />
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