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We are keen to produce wines that reflect the distinct characters of their sub-regions within the Clare Valley. We have been sourcing additional parcels of Riesling fruit.
Penna Lane
The Penna Lane vineyard is located 10 kilometres south of Clare, in the Skilly Hills, adjacent to the Spring Gully Conservation Park. The vineyards is planted at an elevation of approximately 450 metres which provides for a long slow ripening period, resulting in intense varietal fruit flavours.
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Penna Lane
We are keen to produce wines that reflect the distint characters of their subregions within the Claire Valley. We have been sourcing additional parcels of Riesling fruit.
We are continuing to use fruit from the Mocandunda block which has been providing award winning fruit to Penna Lane for many years.
Extensive searching and testing turned up an additional two blocks where the fruit reflects the qualities that make Clare Valley Riesling one of the great wines of Australia.
Darry Honey’s small block nestles on the slopes of the Skilly Valley. It sits on the shaly rock that is typical of this valley, which runs between Sevenhill and Watervale.
Anthony Koener’s vineyard at Watervale is grown on rich red loam and limestone and soil and has been producing great Rieslings for over 30 years.
PENNA LANE PENWORTHAM SOUTH AUSTRALIA
The Penna Lane vineyard is located 10 kilometres south of Clare, in the Skilly Hills, adjacent to the Spring Gully Conservation Park.
The vineyards is planted at an elevation of approximately 450 metres which provides for a long slow ripening period, resulting in intense varietal fruit flavours.
Our wines are usually among the last picked in the Clare Valley.
The vines are virtually dry-grown, receiving only supplementary irrigation in the very dry years.
Plantings in the Penna Lane vineyard consist of Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz and Semillon.
Trellising consists of a single fruiting wire and moveable foliage wires which enable us to vertically position the shoots for better bunch exposure ensuring maximum ripeness thereby ensuring greater grape flavours.
PETER TRELOAR
WINE MAKING MANAGER
Peter Treloar has a connection with the Clare Valley that goes back five generations.
Francis Traloar moved to the township of Watervale in the Clare Valley, following his arrival in Adelaide in 1865.
Francis began to aacquire land and in 1870 he planted the first vines in the area which became known as Springvale.
This was the beginning of a successful business producing wine which was sold locally and exported back to England.
More recently, Peter Treloar, with his wine making partner Stephen Hoff, establsihed Heritage Wines in 1984, just south of the township of Clare.
Heritage Wines moved from the Clare Valley to Marananga in the Barossa Valley in 1986.
Returning to Clare Valley has taken Peter many years, but the opportunity to be involved in the management and making of premium wines from one of CLare’s most sought after regions was an opportunity that could not be missed.
The saying that good wine is made in the vineyard, is the philosophy that was followed when the frst vines were planted at Penna Lane and for all subsequent plantings.
The high level of vineyard management care that was establsihed in the first year of Penna Lane continues to be followed.
Peter and his team are committed to producing the best quality wines they can and hope that all wine lovers continue to enjoy Penna Lane wines.