Artisan Estate
It appears there are more quality wine makers on Bali than I was aware of.
Bali-based Artisan Estates have raised the bar in the increasingly competitive and growing circle of vintners producing quality wines on the island. Production of Artisan Estate’s latest varietals – the 2011 Artisan Sauvignon Blanc, and the 2011 Artisan Shiraz – represent yet another rebuttal to those who dismiss the possibility that a quality table wine can be produced in Bali.
As with all Artisan Estate wines, the two new varieties have been produced from 100% fresh wine grape juice imported from Western Australia.
The winemakers at Artisan Estates take pains to point out, “No frozen product, local grapes, or grape juice concentrates are used to make our wines.”
Production of the first red wine by Artisan Estates in Bali comes at the end of seven years of painstaking research by an award-winning Australian winemaker, Craig Newton.
Using established red winemaking techniques, Craig has created a remarkable wine incorporating 100% fresh Western Australian Shiraz juice, specially processed in Australia to preserve its great colour, body, and structure, before being lovingly shipped to Bali under strict temperature control where it undergoes fermentation into wine.
The results, sampled at a recent tasting, is an eminently drinkable red wine that displays a strikingly deep crimson-purple colour, and a taste that is rich and smooth with full fruit flavours containing a hint of French Oak used in the maturation process.
The Artisan Estate’s Sauvignon Blanc was grown in the cool climate region of Pemberton, Western Australia. This wine displays wonderful varietal characteristics of gooseberries, asparagus, and green peas, with a clean crisp
finish.
These latest additions to the Aritisan Estate range join the well-established and popular 2010 Artisan Chardonnay and 2010 Artisan Classic.
For more information go to http://artisanestate.com
Telephone ++62-(0)361-7450791
Or email craig@artisanestate.com
