Foggy Hill Vineyard

A Potential 'Distinguished Site'

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The Foggy Hill Vineyard is on a northwestfacing slope at 300 to 350 metres (ASL) at Parawa, the highest point of the Fleurieu Peninsula half way between Victor Harbor and Cape Jervis.

From Sheep to Pinot Noir

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When the Croser family purchased Maylands Farm at Parawa on the Southern Fleurieu peninsula in 2003, they did

Viticultural Balance of Foggy Hill Vineyard

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The joy of discovering a new "terroir" is observing the site define itself in sometimes surprising ways.

Harvesting Foggy Hill Vineyard

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The Foggy Hill Vineyard Pinot Noir is typically hand harvested in the middle of March.

Fermentation and Maturation for Foggy Hill

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After the three-day "cold maceration" the 1 tonne tubs of Foggy Hill Pinot Noir are seeded with our vineyard selected yeast strain and malo-lactic bacterium. The fermentation begins slowly over the first 3 days and the mash is only plunged by hand once/day. As the temperature rises the tubs are hand plunged twice/day and take 10 days to ferment to dryness. The peak of fermentation lasts 3 to 4 days and temperatures up to 35ºC are achieved.

Blending and Bottling Foggy Hill Pinot Noir

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After 8 months in oak the Foggy Hill Pinot Noir is clear racked from barrique and given an eggwhite fining, the equivalent of 2 egg whites/barrique.

The brilliantly clear Foggy Hill Pinot Noir is racked to bottle without filtration.