Wines By Leconfield

Leconfield Coonawarra Cabernet 2010

Coonawarra

Leconfield occupies some of the Coonawarra's richest Terra rosa over limestone soils, a composition that's idyllic for superior Cabernet Sauvignon. The aim is to craft a wine endowed with great palate depth and weight of fruit whilst retaining elegance, where oak complexes and enhances the fruit but is not allowed to dominate. Several components of Leconfield complete their fermentations in barrel while the balance is treated to extra time on skins before pressing and filling into the highest quality French oak for an extravagant, extended maturation.

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The signature style of Leconfield, from mature adult vines grown to rich Terra rossa soils, the bunches are treated to a detailed hand clean following the initial pruning and harvest. Mostly Cabernet Sauvignon clones Reynella CW44 & 125, with a tot of Cabernet Franc from vines planted 1974 to 1988. Much of the wine completes fermentation in predominantly French oak, assembled with a component that's been treated to extended contact on grape skins for several weeks. Leconfield is matured nineteen months in a selection of seasoned and new French and American oak hogsheads with several workings to soften the tannins and fill out the flavour., followed by a light egg fining and gentle filtration. Alcohol 14.5%

Rich red colour with attractive crimson highlights. Ripe cassis and blackberry fruit nose integrated with red cedar, nutmeg and cinnamon from maturation in predominantly French oak. Palate displays an excellent depth of rich dark mulberry fruit flavours supported by ripe, long tannins, full of flavour while retaining elegance and finesse. Leconfield will develop cedary characters as the lovely primary fruit evolves. A wine to be savoured in a large glass to the accompaniment of the best beef and gourmandise prepared game.

Leconfield Coonawarra Cabernet 2011

Coonawarra

Available by the case dozen only

Leconfield's highly cherished flagship has been in fine form for years. Vintage 2006 won South Australian Cabernet of the Year at the Advertiser Hyatt Awards and Trophy at the prestigious London International. Vintage 2008 claimed Gold Royal Sydney. Already displaying lashings of ripe cassis fruit underpinned by solid structure, Leconfield has been treated to a tasteful oak maturation with several workings in a selection of the finest oak hogsheads, softening the tannins and filling out the flavour without masking the outstanding quality of fruit.

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Cabernet Sauvignon has been the flagship of Leconfield since the first monumental release in 1977. The aim is to produce a Cabernet wine displaying depth and elegance where oak complexes and enhances the fruit but is not allowed to dominate. Following inoculation to saccharomyces cerevisiae, the majority of components have been barrel fermented in predominantly French oak, while extended skin maceration has contributed to the structure, achieving the well established statuesque Leconfield style. Following completion of malolactic and a period of exposure to lees in barrel, Leconfield is aged seventeen months in a combination of new and seasoned French and American oaks. Alcohol 13.5%

Medium to full red, attractive crimson hues. Augmenting the elegant cassis and blackberry fruit aromas are scented cinnamon, nutmeg and cedar notes. Fine, medium bodied palate, showing the cassis flavours of traditional Coonawarra Cabernet. Fine velvety tannins balance the textured sweetness of fruit. A tight clean finish, approachable as a youthful wine, the elegance will complement continental inspired cuisine.

Leconfield Coonawarra Merlot 2012

Coonawarra

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Leconfield take aim each year to construct a fragrant, mouth filling Coonawarra Merlot, from grapes infused by the rich terra rosa soils, layered with great depth of flavour and framed by sound structure structure, in which oak plays an important but not prominent role. Significantly, the vines are in their third decade of productivity and yield a distinctly elegant Merlot wine of great sophistication and exquisite balance, suitably swathed in a robe of fine, silky tannins.

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Since inaugural release, Leconfield have been driven by the philosophy that great wines can only come from great vineyards. Merlot grapes are harvested off exclusively estate grown vines, including clone V3D14, planted 1974, 1982 and 1990 to Coonawarra's reddest Terra rossa soils. After a detailed hand clean up which follows the initial machine pruning, grapes are crushed and juices inoculated, initiating tthe ferments and a term of three weeks resting on sedimentery yeast lees. Following completion of malolactic, Leconfield is treated to fifteen months in a combination of new and prior use French and American oak hogsheads and barriques. Alcohol 14.0%


Vibrant youthful red colour. Powerful sweet fruit bouquet enhanced by integrated, cedar oak. An elegant, yet full flavoured Merlot, a concentration of plum, fruit sweetness and persistence expected from Coonawarra with fine long silky tannins. To accompany twice cooked duckling and modern Asian cuisine.

Leconfield Syn Cuvee Blanc

Coonawarra

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It's not a Syn to want to spray this all over your palate and your mates too. Leconfield might be an unlikely source of top qual, effervescent bubblies, being Cabernet specialist producers, but they clearly know how to get the party started.

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From Chardonnay (65%) planted in the eighties, Rousanne (18%), and Pinot Noir (6%) planted in the seventies, grown to sand and brick clay loam over clay, vines have been treated to a detailed hand clean up following initial machine pruning. Grapes were harvested at ripe and healthy levels of 10%4 to 11.4°Baume. After pressing, the juices were innoculated with yeast strain Saccharomyces cerevisiae and fermented for two to three weeks at temperatures 13 to 20° C The wine has experienced a short period of malolactic, was kept on sedimentery lees four months to infuse with rich yeast characters, and has seen no contact with oak whatsoever. Alcohol 12.7%

Colour is a light straw with attractive pale green. A clean fruit driven nose with delicate yeast overtones. Elegant soft fruit palate in a drier style, fresh picked peaches, vibrant pineapple and exotic tropical fruits, finishing with a clean acid finish. The wine has an excellent persistent mousse and velvety creaminess. Enjoy this wine as an aperitif, or at any time of the day when a few bubbles will augment the joy of life.

Richard Hamilton Hut Block Cabernet 2011

McLaren Vale

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Richard Hamilton maintains the most outstanding estate vineyards, some are of great age, all are fully mature. The vines at Hut Block on McMurtrie Road are amongst the eldest in McLaren Vale. Cabernet Sauvignon with a small addition of Cabernet Franc are sourced from four vineyard blocks to the south of McLaren Vale township. The oldest of the vines, planted in 1968, provide the backbone. Some barrel fermentation has been used to enhance the aroma of the wine. The philosophy being to augment, rather than dominate the fruit with oak.

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Named after the picker's hut at the front of the property, the Hut Block vineyards are planted on sand and black clay loam soils over a substructure of clay. The intensity in the fruit can be attributed to these soils, while the mild maritime climate of McLaren Vale, in which cool evening and night breezes from the gully winds moderate the day time temperatures, suits this variety. The emphasis is on low yielding vines that are pruned and trained to allow dappled light to reach the fruit zone to slow ripening and enhance aroma and flavour. Grapes are harvested throughout the cool of night, vinified and matured fourteen months in a combination of new and seasoned French and American oak barrels. Alcohol 14.0%


Deep, full vibrant red colour. Ripe fragrant cassis and peppermint nose with attractive scented vanilla and coffee overtones arising from integrated oak. Long bright elegantly structured palate showing persistent varietal fruit and fine grained tannins. The wine has great fruit sweetness.

Richard Hamilton Shiraz 2011

McLaren Vale

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Leconfield proprietor Dr Richard Hamilton's outstanding estate vineyard in McLaren Vale has delivered a salubrious bounty once again. Richard is the fifth generation of Hamiltons to make wine. For over three decades, the good doctor has directed his passion and skill to extracting the most precious yields from his family vineyards, the oldest of which date back to 1892. Richard Hamilton is crafted to represent a profound definition of varietal fruit, while exhibiting great palate length, as it represents a salient expression of McLaren Vale Shiraz.

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Much of the fruit is selected from vines up to forty years of age, planted to sandy clay loam and black clay loam soils on the Leconfield farm. Grapes are treated to a detailed hand clean up following initial machine pruning. Following three weeks tank vinification on skins at 22°C to 28°C, components are pressed before dryness and given some oak fermentation. Upon completion of malolactic, the wine is re worked and returned to oak for up to sixteen months maturation in a combination of new and seasoned French and American oak barrels. The final assemblage receives a light egg white fining before bottling. Alcohol 14.0%

Deep dark red with attractive crimson hues. A fruit dominant wine showing mint, plum and black pepper. Oak derived spice characters of cinnamon and nutmeg augment the nose. Expect to see cedar characters as the wine develops. The palate shows definitive Shiraz flavours with the richness to be expected of a McLaren Vale wine. The tannins are tight and long with round texture, clean acidity and excellent persistence. Will compliment beef or full flavoured vegetarian.

Leconfield was established in 1974 by noted Oenologist, Sydney Hamilton

At the fine age of seventy six, after a winemaking career spanning nearly 60 years with the family company in Adelaide, Sydney still yearned to make a classic Australian Cabernet Sauvignon and set himself the task of finding the right district in which to establish his own vineyard and winery. Showing great foresight, Sydney selected Coonawarra as the area with the potential to fulfil his ambitious dream. Thus Leconfield was born, named after an English ancestor, Lord Leconfield.

In 1981, with 65 vintages under his belt, Sydney decided to finally retire and Leconfield was acquired by his nephew Richard Hamilton, based in McLaren Vale. The winery retains its own individual identity and character to this day, representing the essence of the famous Coonawarra strip. The legacy of Sydney Hamilton, one of Australia's true winemaking legends, is very much alive in the form of Leconfield Coonawarra today.

The Leconfield vineyards occupy some of the Coonawarra's richest Terra Rossa soil over Limestone, a composition for which Coonawarra is famous. Original plantings were to the classic variety Cabernet Sauvignon, however Sydney saved a small section of the best soils for Riesling cuttings he had sourced from Happy Valley in Adelaide. This enabled him to continue producing a small amount of dry white wine in the style for which he had become famous.

Leconfield winery is situated in the southern half of the Coonawarra strip

Fittingly, following a string of wine show successes, the Leconfield Riesling has once again returned to the rightful place that Sydney held for this wine when realising his dream nearly thirty years ago. Subsequent plantings of Chardonnay, Shiraz, Merlot and Cabernet Franc have been made to the vineyard, completing a range of wines which shows the best of what the region has to offer, vintage after vintage. Although made in smaller volumes, the Merlot is extremely sought after and is consistently regarded as one of the best examples in the district

Proud owners Richard and Jette Hamilton are deeply committed to their family owned wine business. Their passion for quality is reflected in all aspects of the business, especially the vineyards and wines on which their reputation is built. A fifth generation vigneron and wine producer, Richard is the great, great grandson of English settler Richard Hamilton, who brought grapevines to the new colony of South Australia in 1837. Establishing their first vineyards at Marion, the Hamilton family were pioneers of the Australian wine industry, and have continuously owned and operated vineyards and wineries in South Australia for 168 years since then.

Richard's interest in all aspects of the wine industry started at an early age when he worked in the family's Sturt River vineyards and winery. Over the years, this interest became a passion and in his early twenties Richard decided to realise his dream of establishing a winery, doing so in the foothills of Willunga at McLaren Vale. In December 2001, Paul Gordon joined the Leconfield team as Senior Winemaker. With over twenty-three years' winemaking experience and an enviable reputation, Paul has a long list of achievements, including the 1994 Jimmy Watson Trophy. Paul plays a key role in the future direction and development of the wines bearing the Richard Hamilton and Leconfield labels.

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Multiple trophies and medals were awarded to Paul's wines on the national wine show circuit in the years to follow

The success of one of his first wines, the 2002 Leconfield Coonawarra 'Old Vines' Riesling - winning trophies at both the Adelaide and Limestone Coast Wine Shows and Gold Medals in Canberra, Adelaide and Coonawarra - is a testimony to his wine-making skills and passion for his craft.

Assistant Winemaker, Tim Bailey, has been with the company since 1997 and has just returned from doing vintage at Pellegrini Vineyards in California. Tim contributes youthful enthusiasm, innovation and a discriminating palate to the winemaking team. Combined with Paul's experience, skill and maturity they make a formidable combination.

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