Meure's Wines

★★★★★

Dirk Meure has established 1 hectare of vineyard on the shores of D'Entrecasteaux Channel, overlooking Bruny Island. The Huon Valley is the southernmost wine region in Australia and it was here that Dirk Meure's parents settled on their arrival from The Netherlands in 1950. He says he has been heavily influenced by his mentors, Steve end Monique Lubiana. The philosophy is to produce low yields from balanced vines and to interfere as little as possible in the winemaking and maturation process. The vines are planted with an ultra high density of 8000 vines per ha, and are dry farmed. No chemicals are used in the viticulture or winemaking, and the wines are bottled without fining or filtering. This is the ultimate challenge.

	d'Meure Chardonnay 2005 A complex, intense, yet elegant array of grapefruit and melon flavours plus barrel ferment and mlf inputs; very good length. Diam. 13.8° alc. Rating 95 To 2015 $45
	d'Meure Pinot Noir 2004 Some developments showing; an attactive wine with clear-cut varietal fruit ranging through spice, plums and a touch of forest, fine tanins and good length. Cork 12.8° alc. Rating 94 To 2011 $75

James Halliday — Wine Companion 2008 Edition

Notes:

The 5 star winery rating class means "Outstanding winery regularly producing wines of exemplary quality and typicity, making up only 6.5% of the rated wineries".
means: "Outstanding. Wines of the highest quality, usually with a distinguished pedigree.
Meure's Wines is included in Halliday's "Best Wineries of Tasmania" listing.

From The Adelaide Advertiser 12 February 2003:

d'Meure Tasmania Pinot Noir 2001

This delicious wine comes from the beautiful country south of Hobart. Its quality and scarcity seem certain to quickly establish this brand as a highly sought-after cult item in the league of Bass Phillip and Giaconda. Jumping with life and vigour, it explodes with blueberry, wild cherry and briary, scrubby green, then sets the mouth ticking with liqueurish viscosity and firm natural acidty.

92++ points

FOOD:

As in Burgundy: strawberries dusted with fine white pepper.

Phillip White