MAZDA MX-5 CLUB of South Australia

When: Sunday 20th July 2008 MX5 (tour including 2 wineries)

Meet: 9.15 AM Adelaide Racecourse ..for 9:30am start

Lunch: 1 pm at the Corio Hotel, Goolwa

For Further details ring Michael Stoddart on 82229007 or 0401144506.

Captain Charles Sturt first explored this region when he travelled down the Murray River in 1829 and 1830 and made his last campsite near the present town of Goolwa. In 1837 the town of Currency Creek and Hindmarsh Island were officially named, and in 1840 an elaborate town plan for Currency Creek was laid out.

Wineries

Bleasedale & Ballast Stone Estate Wineries

Wine Notes

Sauvignon Blanc

This was one of the wines to bring attention to Currency Creek in the early days, courtesy of the Tonkin family and Petaluma, which handled these grapes. The wines have great delicacy and freshness with greater varietal definition than with other similar wine.

Cabernet Sauvignon

A variety ideally suited to the temperate, mild climate of the region, this Cabernet Sauvignon produces complete and rounded wines with clear varietal definition. As the ripening curve increases, the flavours move from coffee to blackberry and on to black currant at optimum ripeness. The style has more similarity with that of Coonawarra than to others with which it may be compared.

Merlot

Although not widely planted, Merlot performs very well with good perfume and varietal character and provides a synergistic blend with Cabernet Sauvignon. There is also potential as a varietal wine in its own right.

Shiraz

This wine has a fragrance, an elevated aroma that precedes its medium bodied, low tannin and Rhone Valley-like spicy fruit flavour that greets the palate with elegance and finesse. It is arguable that in a normal vintage the area is a fraction too cool for this variety to show its best.

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