Chardonnay Archives - Lone Star Creek

Our bLog

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2021 Vintage

2021 VINTAGE UPDATE SEASON OVERVIEW This has been a truly unique season. It’s not like the wet and cold 2011, when the fruit just did not ripen adequately. And it’s

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Our story

OUR STORY Here’s how we came to be where we are today… It was back in 1996 when we were living in Carlton that we decided to buy a vineyard

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2020 Vintage

2020 VINTAGE AND WINE TASTING NOTES This season had it all. Heat, dry, cold, rain and smoke. Sorry, not quite all – there were no early season frosts. Starting slowly,

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2019 Vintage

2019 VINTAGE AND WINE TASTING NOTES The 2019 vintage was the most challenging of our recent seasons. Hot, dry conditions were complicated by a wet spring at flowering. Nonetheless we

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2018 Vintage

2018 VINTAGE AND WINE TASTING NOTES The 2018 was another cracker year, particularly for Pinot Noir. We added to our collection of estate grown wines with a Sauvignon Blanc which

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2017 Vintage

2017 VINTAGE AND WINE TASTING NOTES 2017 was our first commercial scale vintage. We created three varietal wines from the five we have in the vineyard. We picked: 1. Pinot

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2016 Vintage

2016 VINTAGE AND WINE TASTING NOTES The 2016 vintage marks the first venture into wine-making using the Lone Star Creek Wines brand. We have made a small parcel each of