Autumn/Winter 2012

Welcome to our second Newsletter - Aswe put this together the harshest part

ofwinter seems to have already passed and weare full swing into the pruning.

The Newsletter contains a snapshot ofthe activities of the last few months

and an update on our current releases. Hopeyou enjoy it!

Direct & Online Sales

Pinot Noir

Last orders for Pinot Noir 2009. For thoseof you who have enjoyed our '09 Pinot Noir -or those of you yet to try it - ORDERNOW!We are down to our last cases - and it isdrinking beautifully!

Purchases can be made online at our websitewww.tosq.co.nz or by phone or email.

Remember delivery is free within New Zealand forcase lots.

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Our Pinot Gris has lovely liftedaromatics and fine structure - quite

European in style.Michael Cooper has recently reviewed thiswine.

****TOSQ Pinot Gris 2011"Faintly pink, it is mouthfilling, with strong,ripe stonefruit flavours of peaches andnectarines, hints of apricots and spices, asliver of sweetness and considerablecomplexity. Fleshy, with goodconcentration, it's drinking well now"

Pinot Gris

Harvest 2012

Harvest days are thehighlight of our

vineyard year. Glorioussunny weather throughApril capped off a great

season.

Hot days in theearlier part of

the summer helpedproduce ripe tanninsand excellent colourin the pinot noir -all the fruit came inlooking fabulous, asdid the harvestingteam!

Another harvest completed - anotherset ofmeteorological variables for theplants to respond to, and hence

another new wine to be produced. Notwo seasons are identical whichensures each vintage is unique!

Vintage 2012

Early days to make predictions on the 2012 vintage,but all indications are promising! Many thanks toDan, Sarah-Kate and the team at Maude Winery!

The wines are now tucked up for the winter, inbarrel or in tank.

The Pinot Gris should be ready for bottlingaround October 2012. The Pinot Noir will gothrough malolactic fermentation when thetemperatures warm up in the spring. It willremain in barrels until next autumn, quietlybuilding complexity and gathering secondary

characteristics from the seasoned french oak tobalance and complement the fruit flavours

Wines in the Making....

Autumn is the timewhen our attention

turns to our soils andlife below the ground.

Compost is put out andthe ground is drenched

with compost teas - feedingand replenishing the soils,ready to support the vineswhen the first signs ofspring start drawing theenergy back up the trunkstowards budburst andanother season.

Composting

Snoop Dog remains ourprimary form of rabbit

control - relentless in herpursuit of these omnipresentpests, she shows no mercy, andthis easter was one of her

best!

and 16,000 vines to prune!Luckily the snow is late in arrivingthis year so the conflict betweenskiing and pruning is yet to arise!

CheersSue & Thomo

Winter

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