Fleet Spring 2021 Release
Lisa and Justin Jenkins have a clear, dynamic idea of what makes an alluring wine, loaded with charisma. With 30+ years of combined hospitality experience at some of Melbourne’s iconic wine bars and restaurants, they’ve tasted some of the world’s best wines. With this in mind, they’ve turned their hands to winemaking. At the core of their wines are flavour, texture and enjoyment.
In 2016, the couple returned to South Gippsland where Justin grew up, to make wine. The name ‘Fleet Wines’ is born from the couple’s openness to sourcing grapes from further afield. Working with tiny amounts, these wines are celebrated for being of the moment and limited in their release.
Each Fleet Wine speaks of both place and variety. Each wine captures a fleeting moment in time, made by two intrinsic wine and food pros chasing flavour and vibrancy.
Justin’s affinity with South Gippsland shines through in these soulful wines. The young family are so committed to the region they recently bought a small farm, just outside Leongatha. Spring 2021 will see the first planting of pinot noir and chardonnay vines. With a house and chickens to follow down the track.
2021 Fleet 'Young Wine' Pinot Gris Mornington Peninsula
Textural and Alluring Skin-Contact White
This 2021 Fleet Pinot Gris from Mornington Peninsula is a heady and spiced wine, packed with white floral and orchard fruit. A delightfully brash pinot gris loaded with
flavour. But what really stands out are the tea-like tannins, thanks to some cleverly handled skin contact. This wine has dimension and appeals to those who want a little bit more from their whites.
‘Pink peach colour, floral aromas, spiced pears, textural fleshy core, long quenching acidity, expressive and never-ending.’
VINEYARD
- Dunns Creek Estate, Red Hill, Mornington Peninsula
- North facing rows + slope
- Soil is deep, friable basalt rich clay loam
- Vine age: 20 years approx
WINEMAKING
- 30% de-stemmed and pressed to neutral oak puncheons (500lt)
- 70% fermented on skins for 21 days, then pressed to tank
- Wines then blended together and stirred, then racked prior to bottling
- Minimal sulphur, un-fined and un-filtered
2021 Fleet 'Young Wine' Syrah Rose South Gippsland
Savoury and subtly spiced summer wine
This thirst-quenching, dry rosé is summer in a glass. Bright and floral with a salivating tail of acidity. It’s hard to believe how quickly a glass evaporates!
‘Dusty pale pink colour, aromas of fresh strawberry, red currants, hint of herbal spice. Palate is fine and savoury, textural, with a dry crisp finish.’
VINEYARD
- 100% Syrah organically grown at our Leongatha vineyard in South Gippsland
- North facing rows, east facing slope
- Fertile basalt clay loam soils (ferosols)
- Vine age: 32 years
WINEMAKING
- Fruit was hand-picked and whole bunch pressed to neutral puncheons (500lt)
- Lees stirred often to build texture and weight
- Minimal sulphur, un-fined and un-filtered
2021 Fleet 'Young Wine' Pinot Noir South Gippsland
Crunchy and fresh pinot noir.
This 2021 Fleet Gippsland Pinot is bright and fresh. This wine is light bodied and morish!
‘Crunchy and fresh. Bright cherry red in colour, vibrant nose, red fruits, blood plum, cranberries, herbal spice. Fleshy core, earthy palete with a savoury finish with really long, super fine tannins.’
VINEYARD
- Organically grown at our Leongatha vineyard in South Gippsland
- North facing rows, east facing slope
- Fertile basalt clay loam soils (ferosols)
- Vine age: 32 years
WINEMAKING
- 80% de-stemmed, fermented on skins
- 20% fermented as whole bunch
- All pressed to neutral oak hogsheads (300lt) and barriques (225lt)
- Racked once prior to bottling
- Minimal sulphur, un-fined and un-filtered
2019 Fleet 'Young Wine' Pinot Noir Mornington Peninsula
Spiced and Earthy Pinot Noir
This 2021 Fleet Mornington Peninsula Pinot is vibrant and earthy. Its spicy nature is tempered by a heady mix of florals and long ripe fruit.
‘Deep dark heady spices – anise, rich powerful brambly, plummy fruit. The mouthfeel is plush. The tannins are silky and slinky.’
VINEYARD
- Dunns Creek Estate, Red Hill, Mornington Peninsula
- North facing rows + slope
- Soil is deep, friable basalt rich clay loam
- Vine age: 20 years approx
WINEMAKING
- 100% de-stemmed, fermented on skins
- All pressed to neutral oak hogsheads (300lt)
- Racked once prior to bottling
- Minimal sulphur, un-fined and un-filtered
2021 Fleet 'Elevate' Noir | Gris - Red Hill
Elevate
2019 was the first year of Elevate. 2021 is our follow up. A blend of related grape varieties, that remains unconventional. The name describes our desire to grow, to risk, and to propel ourselves further toward knowing. Knowing what grape varieties, and sites taste like, and what happens when they’re blended together.
‘Aromatic, punchy fruit. The mouthfeel is electric red fruits. Alluring and bright aromas. The mouthfeel is fleshy. The finish is savoury, crunchy and long.’
VINEYARD
- Dunns Creek, farmed by Moorooduc Estate - Red Hill, Mornington Peninsula
- North facing rows and slope
- Soil is deep, friable basalt rich clay loam
- Vine age 20 years approx
WINEMAKING
- 75% Pinot Noir (de-stemmed), 25% Pinot Gris (whole bunch pressed)
- Pressed into neutral oak hogsheads (300lt)
- Minimal sulphur at bottling
- This wine was bottled un-fined and un-filtered
2021 Fleet 'Chorus' Pinot Noir | Chardonnay | Syrah - Leongatha
Chorus
A red wine built on texture and freshness! Chorus is our opportunity to make a site wine that sings! A drink that is modelled on finding a really pleasurable experience, regardless of grape variety. Made of roughly representative proportions of Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and Syrah (Rosé). Each variety has an influence, but works in harmony with the others.
‘Bright cherry, earthy, herbal/brambly aromatics, bright lifted wild raspberries, sappy/crunchy mouthfeel, silty/fine tannins. It has understated weight and texture. It’s an endlessly interesting wine that leaves you wanting more.’
VINEYARDS
- Organically grown at our Leongatha vineyard in South Gippsland
- North facing rows, east facing slope
- Fertile basalt clay loam soils (ferosols)
- Vine age: 32 years
WINEMAKING
- 80% Pinot Noir (de-stemmed) matured in neutral hogsheads, 10% Chardonnay (whole bunch pressed) matured in stainless steel, 10% Syrah Rosé (whole bunch pressed) matured in stainless steel.
- Fermented and matured separately, blended prior to bottling.
- Minimal sulphur at bottling.
- This wine was bottled un-fined and un-filtered
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