Mount Edward’s Lowburn Vineyards

Morrison Vineyard is a 8 hectare vineyard situated at the foothills of the Lowburn valley terraces. It is Mount Edward's Estate vineyard in Lowburn, visible from state highway 6 to Wanaka and is our oldest Pinot Noir vineyard having been first planted in 1997.
The vineyard is comprised of two main soil types, a silt / clay loam over schist based alluvial gravels and a fine loam over schist based fluvial gravels.

Elevation 220m, annual rainfall around 375mm, GDD 1250 (2007 ave)

The vineyard has 6 ha of Pinot Noir planted with a mix of Pinot Clones, primarily Pommard and Abel plus a selection of the Dijon clones 777, 667 and 115. It is cropped at an average of 30 hectolitres per hectare. We have 1 ha of riesling - clones 239 and 110 and .5 ha pinot blanc – clone unknown on the slopes above the vineyard. Most recently saw us plant a  .5 ha block in Gruner Veltliner  – with the first wines from this expected in 2011.

Real time weather data for the Morrison vineyard can be viewed at
http://www.harvest.com/w.cgi?hsn=3246

Pisa Terrace is a 7 ha vineyard situated on the terraces of Mount Pisa Station above the foothills of Wanaka Road. It is a beautiful and elevated site, some 55 metres above our Wanaka Road vineyard . Soils are predominantly Ardgour loam over alluvial gravels. Elevation 275m, annual rainfall around 350mm and GDD 1225 average.

Painstakingly first planted by owners John Montero and Roberta Manell-Montero in 2001, this is one of our most promising vineyards and with the extra elevation should provide some excellent terroir based differences to the Morrison vineyard.
The vineyard is planted in a mixture of the Dijon clones 777, 667 and 115, plus some Pommard, all on rootstock and is managed jointly by John Montero and Mount Edward’s viticulturalist Tim Austin Moorhouse.

L’Attitude Vineyard is the vineyard of Merrill and John Holdsworth, off Smith’s Way in Lowburn. This vineyard has formed the backbone of the Mount Edward Riesling for the past two years. Situated near the shores of Lake Dunstan it has the lowest elevation of all our Lowburn vineyards and whilst the warmest as well these temperatures are moderated by the influence of the lake nearby with average GDD being lower.

Elevation is 230m, with soils predominantly medium to light loess over deep river gravels. GDD 1180 (2007 ave)

Real time weather data for the L’Attitude vineyard can be found at http://www.harvest.com/w.cgi?hsn=1108