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PinotNoir / Adelaide Hills / SouthAustralia
The highly opportune Pinot Noir vines at Bird In Hand are planted on the site of an ancient gold mine, a godsend of fortuitously fertile soils, magnificent growing conditions for stellar quality Adelaide Hill wines. Fermented in own bottle and aged five years on lees in true Méthode champenoise, the term of extended maturation imparts luxurious biscuit notes, chantilly crème and frais de bois. Her pastel cherry lipstick mousse, redolent with perfumes of strawberry nougat, butterscotch and brûlée. The consummate festive occasion wine.
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Shiraz / Adelaide Hills / SouthAustralia
Bird in Hand is a vibrant and dynamic winery, full of life and passion. Andrew Nugent has assembled the best team and painstakingly selected the perfect terroir. It's the attention to detail and uncompromising passion for quality which have placed Bird in Hand in the very top tier of Australia's finest Shiraz. Nest Egg is an Adelaide Hills flagship, the very best Bird in Hand has to offer, only ever made in the most outstanding vintages. Aged in the finest French oak, Nest Egg evolves elegant, intense primary fruit characters, growing ever more complex and savoury over time.
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Merlot / Adelaide Hills / SouthAustralia
Adelaide Hills make world class Merlot, genteel, velvety wines, solidly structured, brimming with intense lozenge flavours and resonant with exemplary varietal character. Bird in the Hand are without compromise, the most exacting standards of winemaking. An excruciatingly limited edition, only a few hundred cases are ever made, quality of harvest permitting, from the most superlative parcels of vintage. Vinified and pressed into the finest French oak for eighteen months, its fleshy plum and mulberry palate is draped in a delicate muslin of fine, silky tannins.
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Chardonnay / Adelaide Hills / SouthAustralia
Nest Egg are only ever made from the most exceptional years, a few hundred cases of the finest Adelaide Hills vintage, each bottle is individually numbered. Treated to the luxury of wild yeasts and full malolactic, lees stirring battonage and nine months of age in quality French oak, a structured and concentrated Chardonnay of amazing sophistication and superior length. Its bright, clear palate of nectarine and peach, pineapples, bakers cream and hazelnut spice, are supported by a wonderful crystalline textures, toothy grape tannins and savoury, buttery oak.
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CabernetSauv / Adelaide Hills / SouthAustralia
Andrew Nugent grew up next door to the ancient Penfold wineworks at Magill. He established a profound reputation as viticulturalist amongst the grand old estates of McLaren Vale, before returning to sow his very own vineyards in Adelaide Hills. Treated to eighteen months in a selection of the finest French oak, Nest Egg's bramble, anise and cherry largess are supported by a caisson of opulent ebony tannins. Only ever made of the finest vintages, growing season 2013 yielded a mere 800 dozen individually numbered bottles of Nest Egg Cabernet Sauvignon.
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Shiraz / Adelaide Hills / SouthAustralia
The pick of crop Adelaide Hills Shiraz, albeit in a very Cote du Rhone kind of way. Hand picked and gently destemmed into small open top vats, a fifth of the harvest remains as whole bunches, tipped over top of the ferments and treated to a minimalist, long, cool temperature vinification, minimal pump overs and gentle pigeage, followed by eighteen months in a mix of seasoned and new French oak barriques. Vivid purple, lifted aromatics, blackberry, violets and herb, juicy fruit weight, silky, slightly chalky tannins underpinning the bright acidity, Syrah of structure and superior length.
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PinotNoir / Adelaide Hills / SouthAustralia
Enthused by a consuming desire to make great wine, Andrew Nugent honed his craft as viticulturalist and winemaker amongst the vines of McLaren Vale before returning to the Adelaide Hills, where he established his very own wineworks at Woodside. Hand crafted from fruit grown to mineral rich soils above the historic Bird in Hand gold mine, a pure Pinot Noir with superb effervescence, dominated by red berry characters, adorned by a lift of stonefruits and floral.
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PinotNoir / Adelaide Hills / SouthAustralia
Bird In Hand do indeed put good thing into small packages, they have taken the cream of their suave, sparkling Pinot Noir and placed into Piccolo for the ultimate gesture in sharing. Those who love wine will also be fond of art, music, good taste and clever design. Sparkling red wines are part of a broader experience of so many things that bring joy. Elegant with a pretty, raspberry nose and refined effervescence, packaged for that memorable celebratory toast, the perfect accompaniement to picnics, hors deouvres and smart nibbles.
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Shiraz / Adelaide Hills / SouthAustralia
The dedicated team at Bird in Hand are driven by a determination to grow into one of the world's great wineries. Proprietor Andrew Nugent lives and works among the vines and the winery. He has assembled the best team, he's painstakingly selected the perfect terroir and is well on his way to realizing the ultimate dream. Bird in Hand is an extremely limited release which has claimed a breathtaking list of wine show accolades, including International Wine Challenge trophies for best Adelaide Hills red, best Australian red and best Australian Shiraz.
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SauvBlanc / Adelaide Hills / SouthAustralia
An unassuming young winegrower took his chances in 1997 with the re-emerging viticultural precinct of Adelaide Hills. Andrew Nugent planted vines and an olive grove on a hundred acres of land along Bird in Hand Road at Woodside. His efforts have since claimed a staggering list of awards for excellence on the international wine show circuit. Bird In Hand's preoccupations with growing and crafting the finest quality Adelaide Hills Sauvignon Blanc have earned the highly prestigious George Mackey nomination for most outstanding exported wine.
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PinotNoir / Adelaide Hills / SouthAustralia
From parcels of Pinot Noir, planted to the foot of tailings, left behind by waves of prospectors who pursued their fortune amongst the open pits and mines on Adelaide Hills during the gold rush of the 1850s. Crushed and destemmed straight into the press with minimal time on skins to extract the perfect pink, its blushing lipstick hues presage a cornucopia of lifted strawberry and cherry blossom characters, ruby grapefruit and luscious jube over a length of tasty, toothsome tannins, the perfect Rosé for lazy afternoons or late night soirées.
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PinotNoir / Adelaide Hills / SouthAustralia
A harvest of Pinot Noir grown to the estate vineyard at Woodside, gingerly crushed and treated to a judicious term of skin exposure for a blush of rakish salmon pink hues. A long cool ferment retains the vivaciousness of fruit, chicly attired in comely pink bottle, fashioned by design industry celebre Dion Lee. Lifted lipstick perfumes and cherry blossom notes, ripe red berry flavours and the crunch of orchard fruits are enhanced by a crisp, clean and dry finish. A sensational aperitif alongside nibbles or hors d oeuvres, canapes or dessert.
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PinotGris Grigio / Adelaide Hills / SouthAustralia
The Adelaide Hills are a pastoral paradise for olives groves, Bird In Hand have been rewarded with the highest international accolades for the excellence of their fruit and cold pressed oils. Pinot Gris is a variety that thrives amongst the olive groves, an exquisite aperitif style that's sensational with food. Hand picked and whole bunch pressed to capture nothing but the purest juices, its fragrant white peach, lychee and pear bouquet reveals just a hint of savoury and musk, the perfect accompaniement to delicate white meats or terrines, pheasant recipes or quail.
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PinotGris Grigio / Adelaide Hills / SouthAustralia
The Pinot Grigio of Adelaide Hills are renowned for their excellence, outstanding varietal elocution and luxuriously textural minerality. Partisans in pursuit of the penultimate Grigio would surely make a move towards Lenswood and Lobethal for estate grown, Bird In Hand Pinot Grigio, fashioned to the topical antipasti style, redolent of freshly peeled pear, lemon blossom florals and a hint of fragrant musk. Grab your Grigio and serve alongside frutti di mare, quaglie ripiene or any recipes Provolone e Tallegio.
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Nero Davola / Adelaide Hills / SouthAustralia
The great grape of Sicily, a big flavoursome style, characterised by its generosity and upfront bramble fruit richness. Nero d'Avola loves the sunshine, Bird In Hand have planted their stocks to the warmest slopes on Adelaide Hills. Treated to a week and a half of ferment on skins for optimal extractions, a proportion of the berries are left whole for complexity. Sixteen months in French oak has built a wine of intensity, seamlessness and palate weight, its spicy black olive savouryness, plummy flesh and lithe, sweet gummy tannins resolve on a lingering, peppery finish.
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Montepulciano / Adelaide Hills / SouthAustralia
There's a single block of Montepulciano along Bird In Hand Road at Woodside in the northern Adelaide Hills, a warmer site with rocky, well drained soils, perfectly suited for Italians. The seaside influence of Gulf of St. Vincent, the cloud trapping rise of Mount Lofty Ranges and generous Australian sun, all conspire to form a unique diurnal temperature shift that wine grapes love. A completely hand made wine, crafted from fruit grown to the mineral rich soils above an historic, eponymously named gold mine.
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Merlot / Adelaide Hills / SouthAustralia
Adelaide Hills make mighty Merlot, the cooler temperatures, elevated aspects and sheltered mesoclimes are Shangri La for the exceptional ripening and outstanding tannin development worthy of the finest Medoc. Hand picked throughout the fogswept hours of early morning, the worthiest hand picked bunches are treated to a week of ferment before a course of fourteen months in a selection of artisanaly coopered French oak barriques. Redolent of mulberries, plum and festive spice, its fine silky tannins in support of the graceful, elegant high altitude fruit.
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Riesling / Clare Valley / SouthAustralia
Bird In Hand established vines on a choice piece of terroir among the undulating idylls of Valley Clare, to secure harvests of Riesling in a very different style to the crisp high altitudes fruit grown at Woodside. Hand picked grapes are whole bunch pressed to extract nothing but the cleanest free run juices, a pure and pristine Riesling wine of striking elegance. Floral and fragrant with hints of lanolin, jasmine and quartz, the quintessential Clare Valley hallmarks of heady lime and flinty limestone, crisp and delicate with beautiful citrus acidity.
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Chardonnay / Adelaide Hills / SouthAustralia
For aspirants in pursuit of nothing but the best, hand picked and whole bunch pressed into a high proportion of new French oak for a wild indigenous yeast ferment, completion of malolactic and nine months lees stirring battonage. Each barrel is pointedly encouraged to complete its course as an individual wine until the final assemblage. Intensely aromatic of white nectarines, apricot and grapefruits over subtle creamy cashew and nougat richness, a richly textured, weighty palate framed by bright acidity and a veneer of the most delicate, showroom oak.
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CabernetSauv / Adelaide Hills / SouthAustralia
A compilation of bespoke parcels Cabernet, hand chosen off a tally of superior, limited yield sites across the premier viticultural precincts of Adelaide Hills, Macclesfield, Birdwood and Kersbrook. Bunches are crushed into fermenters for a week on skins, followed by transfer to a luxuriously high proportion of new French oak barriques for eighteen months maturation before assemblage. Full bodied, fleshy, long silky tannins in support of the defined Cabernet muscularity, its cassis, cedar and black bramble opulence to match with entrecote, Jus and shallot.
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Arneis / Adelaide Hills / SouthAustralia
Vineyards and olive groves are co habitants, almost everywhere around the globe. Bird In Hand are proud of both, their olives have been met with prestigious accolades throughout the world of gastronomy. Harvested during the chill of night to capture and preserve the uniqueness of Arneis, parcels are crushed and destemmed, a minor part is sent to French oak barrels for vinification, the balance is treated to a long, cool ferment. Textural and defined, the crisp dry white of choice to serve alongside pinenut calamari, rice stuffed vegetables and all Mediterranean fare.
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In 1997, an unassuming young viticulturalist and winemaker, Andrew Nugent, chanced his arm in the emerging wine region of the Adelaide Hills
Nugent grew up next door to Penfolds at Magill and his formative wine years were spent in South Australia's McLaren Vale. It was here that he honed his craft as a viticulturalist, vineyard manager and winemaker. In 1997, Nugent planted vineyards and an olive grove on 100 acres on Bird in Hand Road, Woodside. The road itself was named after the Bird in Hand gold mine that operated in the district in the 1850s. The Nugent family now live and work on the picturesque property, reflecting the strong sense of community in the Adelaide Hills.
Andrew exudes a quiet but steely determination to grow Bird in Hand into one of the world's great wineries. He lives and works at the winery. Nugent knows the best thing he can do for the community is grow and produce the best wine and olives he can. Bird in Hand's success will be the community's success. A high tide lifts all the boats in the bay. At Bird in Hand Nugent has assembled the best team of people, he's painstakingly selected the perfect terroir and is well on his way.
The sense of community emanates from Andrews mother Joy, who is the visionary behind Nurse Link, providing palliative care in the home. She has now gone on to form NurseLink Foundation, a charity to advance nursing in the spirit of Florence Nightlingale and change the way we care for the frail and elderly.
Four hundred metres above sea level, the vineyards face north and boast deep, well drained red earth, formed from metamorphic rock. To extend the winemaking range available to Bird in Hand, another vineyard in the famous wine growing region of Clare has been aquired to provide fruit for world class Riesling and Shiraz. The Nest Egg range comprises Bird in Hand's finest wines from each vintage. The varieties released in each Nest Egg series are dependent on near perfect growing seasons. The wines are created with slow deliberation and stored meticulously in the finest French oak. Each bottle is individually numbered and beautifully presented.
At the same time the Nugent family established Bird in Hand vineyards, it also began growing olives. Three years later, having perfected natural pickling techniques, Bird in Hand olives and olive oil slipped onto the market, quickly earning for themselves an international reputation as South Australia's finest.
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