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You can hear the creek before you can see it when you walk down to Waterstone Bridge at the end of the vineyards. Surprisingly, when you get there it's just a trickle really. During the hottest summer days the sun beats down baking the ground and drying the creek into a dirt track. The, with a few careful steps you can cross it, no worries, without getting your boots wet. It's a great spot though to cool down in the evening under the trees.

Waterstone Bridge is a range of wines by Gapsted, Victoria, Australia

Waterstone Bridge Chardonnay

Ref: a3410

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The early part of summer was warm, but there was plenty of rain in February to fill the soil profile. The later part of summer was warm to cool, creating delicate and intensely flavoured whites.

Fruit for the Waterstone Bridge Chardonnay was harvested at night, crushed and pressed into stainless steel fermenters. It was then cool fermented with champagne isolate yeast and had extended post fermentation lees contact.

Colour : light green similar to cut hay

Nose : aromas of stone fruit and melon

Palate : touches of melon and light peach with a full soft rounded palate and a clean, dry finish.

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Australia | White | Chardonnay |

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Waterstone Bridge Semillon Sauvignon

Ref: a3411

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This wine is blended from 43% Semillon and 42% Sauvignon - both wines were fermented separately and blended just prior to bottling. The wine is bottled under screw cap shortly after fermentation and cool-stored prior to release.

Colour : pale straw coloured

Nose : scented with grassy, passionfruit and line aromas

Palate : clean and vibrant tasting with sharp zesty citrus fruit and passionfruit flavours. Grassy green and herbaceous finish.

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Waterstone Bridge Cabernet Sauvignon

Ref: a3412

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The fruit for Waterstone Bridge Cabernet Sauvignon was crushed and fermented in small stainless steel fermenters for 7 days. Some parcels were left on the skins for a further 5 days to develop fruit weight and complexity. The finished wine was aged in small French oak barrels and racked off lees just prior to bottling.

Colour : deep garnet red

Nose : vanilla, blackberry jam and spicy blackcurrant with a hint of herbs

Palate : soft rich fruit palate of blackcurrant with hints of spice, soft tannins and a smooth finish

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Waterstone Bridge Shiraz

Ref: a3413

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The early part of the summer was cool and dry adding to the health of the Shiraz vines. The later part of the summer was hot and dry creating rips, fleshy characters to the red wines.

Waterstone Bridge Shiraz is fermented in stainless steel for 7 days and aged in small American oak barrels.

Colour : deep intense garnet red

Nose : blueberry, cherry and spicy aromas are given added complexity by hints of pepper and toasty oak

Palate : an explosion of spice on the palate with rich ripe blackcurrant flavours and a smooth lingering finish

Food : perfect with seared venison fillets

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Australia | Red | Shiraz |

Waterstone Bridge Tarrango

Ref: a3414

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This wine is crafted from 90% Tarrango, 7% Shiraz and 3% Saparavi grape varietals.

Waterstone Bridge Tarrango underwent partial cool carbonic maceration and co-fermentation with Shiraz and Saparavi followed by gentle rolling to arrive at a desired colour extraction and level.

Colour : bright ruby / crimson red

Nose : powerful fragrant strawberry, guava and tropical fruit, with subtle earthy aromas

Palate : tangy, soft and fleshy with light tannins and just a touch of sweetness

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Gapsted Wine - The Story

The Victorian Alps winery was established in 1997 by six great friends who were also wine professionals. Their extensive experience in the industry and their passion for the region were central to the success of the winery over its relatively short existence. In 1999 the first wines were released under the Gapsted brand and in 2001 the stunning and award winning Cellar Door was opened.

The owners of Victorian Alps Winery are all passionate wine people with Shayne Cunningham, John Cavendon and Pat Murtagh providing the drive for the business.

They all had a dream to build their own winery and decided to become business partners. After many long nights of planning (and the occasional tipple), the dream of Victorian Alps Winery became a reality. Today the winery crushes 11,000 tons and has storage capacity of over 9 million litres.

Shayne Cunningham - Chief Winemaker

Shayne’s affinity for the King Valley and Alpine Valleys regions began when he sourced grapes from the area to produce an award-winning 1992 King Valley Cabernet Sauvignon for Miranda. In 1995 he took the next step of entering a viticultural partnership with three King Valley growers. In 1996 he left Miranda with a clear focus - to have a winery of his own in the King Valley region. Together with the three King Valley growers with whom Shayne had the viticultural partnership and an additional grape grower from Buffalo Valley, Shayne formed the Victorian Alps Winery.

Gapsted Cellar Door

Winner of Best Tourism Winery 2006
Winner of Great Wine Capital 2008

Nestled on the side of the Buckland Ranges, with views over the vineyard and the Ovens valley to the mountains in the distance, the cellar door is the perfect venue for a picnic and to watch a brilliant red sunset.

Live music and theatre, cinema under the stars and the occasional kangaroo make for a truly memorable experience.

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