About Elmswood Estate Wines

Elmswood Estate is a boutique winery situated on 20 acres in the Upper Yarra Valley. We currently grow seven different varieties of grape – Riesling, Sauvingnon Blanc, Chardonnay, Pinot, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and a small amount of Shiraz.

Our vines range in age from 10 to 30 years old and are considered to be very deep rooted – 3 to 4 meters, therefore we have no need to irrigate them. Our soil also has a lot to do with this, as the vines grow in rich red clay loam which retains its moisture extremely well but also makes the vines very vigorous.

To control this vigour we prune our vines to produce a low yield of fruit, some years this doesn’t necessarily happen so we are required to fruit thin the vines as well. At Elmswood Estate we generally try to keep our fruiting levels between 1.5 – 2 tonnes per acre. Our vines then put all their energy and vigour into the grape and this results in a more complex and fruit driven style of wine.

All of our wines are fermented dry, so there are no residual sugars left in the wine, but the sweetness often tasted on the palate is the typical elegant cool climate fruit characteristics showing through.

Another interesting fact in the production of our estate grown wines is our location. We are situated higher than the rest of the Yarra Valley, so this makes our area of the Yarra Valley cooler, therefore puts us behind in the growth stages and gives us the ability to harvest as late as we can. This again adding to the great fruit driven styles of wine we can produce at Elmswood Estate.