Louee Wines
Rylstone and Nullo Mountain
Louee wines hail from the Rylstone district of New South Wales, Australia – an emerging region for fine wines and produce.
Louee Wines has two vineyards in the Rylstone region (part of the Mudgee GI) including one of the highest planting of vines in Australia at 1100 metres. The Nullo Mountain vineyard was planted in 1996 by Louee founders Rod James and Tony Maxwell. Since the brand’s inception, the wines have been made by David Lowe and last year the two businesses merged.
The Nullo Mountain vineyard is a very special place. The mountain holds some of NSW’s most spectacular landscapes. There are savage sandstone escarpments dropping hundreds of metres into the Cudgegong River and agricultural country below on the Rylstone and Mudgee side and dense eucalyptus forests following down to the Wollemi Wilderness and Hunter Valley to the east.
The name Louee is derived from the aboriginal word meaning plentiful water. With an annual rainfall of one metre and deep soils derived from 17 million year old lava flows, is it a unique vinicultural area. Whilst part of the Mudgee GI, the wines are far removed from other Mudgee styles. The Louee wines are a true reflection of the terroir as there is very little work in the vineyard, and no irrigation.
Although unique in terms of terroir, Nullo Mountain is only 50km from the Lowe winery enabling each variety to be brought quickly to the winery, thus retaining and capturing the natural freshness of these cool climate grapes.
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2011 Louee Nullo Mountain ChardonnayThis refreshing style of chardonnay has rose petal and almond nut characteristics, with a light, restrained dry aftertaste. |
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2010 Louee Nullo Mountain Late Picked RieslingThis medium-sweet style of Riesling has a fresh honeydew melon aroma coupled with apricot overtones from the botrytis. This sugary lemon and lime taste with a dry, crisp finish wine will only continue to develop in the bottle over the next 10 years. |
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2008 Louee Nullo Mountain Pinot NoirThis pinot noir has a spicy palate brought on by the 'sandwich technique' (a fermentation practice of layering developed by David Lowe in the 1980's) yet the wine is soft and cherry-like on the palate, hallmarks of the cool climate fruit. |
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2006 Louee Cabernet FrancThis bright wine is packed with concentration and finesse. Aromatics of spearmints, violets and cigar-box flavours with blueberries on the palate backed with the typical fine cabernet tannins. This wine will develop well over the next 3-8 years with careful cellaring. |
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2006 Louee Rumkers Peak ShirazThis powerful shiraz has rich characteristics of perfumed red fruits with slight white pepper and vanilla/nutmeg oak flavours. It has an elegant structure with a savoury complexity, well integrated tannin and understated oak. |
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2006 Louee Petit VerdotSome cool mint lift and earthy undertones accompany the blood plum aromatics. The palate shows the rich, chunky tannins so typical of the variety, with restrained cedary oak. |
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2004 Louee Nullo Mountain NebbioloThis wine shows the classic characteristics of rose petals, violets and forest floor with a delicately fruit driven palate and that classically bracing belt of acidity and tannin; a wine that shows the traditional great Italian flair! |
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