{"id":1817,"date":"2020-08-06T07:16:18","date_gmt":"2020-08-06T07:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/?p=1817"},"modified":"2020-08-06T07:32:28","modified_gmt":"2020-08-06T07:32:28","slug":"winemakers-series-claire-mulholland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/?p=1817","title":{"rendered":"Winemakers series: Claire Mulholland"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1817\" class=\"elementor elementor-1817\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-991fcc1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"991fcc1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cc20d40\" data-id=\"cc20d40\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba3d37f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ba3d37f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Burn Cottage winemaker <strong>Claire Mulholland<\/strong> is a well respected figure in New Zealand, and a bit of Pinot Noir legend, having worked at both <strong>Martinborough Vineyards<\/strong> and at <strong>Amisfield<\/strong> as Head winemaker. Catching up before the 2020 harvest, and the whole Covid-19 situation, we talked about how things are progressing at <strong>Burn Cottage<\/strong> and tried a few of their wines.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-aa979e9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"aa979e9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bbb548a\" data-id=\"bbb548a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b518c65 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b518c65\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>WineFolio<\/strong>: Burn Cottage is not the best known label around \u2013 it doesn\u2019t have the profile of Akarua or Mt Difficulty? I know it\u2019s great wine, but I\u2019m not even sure how I know that \u2013 how do you get your message across?<\/p><p><strong>Claire Mulholland<\/strong>: A lot of it is telling our story wherever we can, visitors to our region, and having great restaurant and retail partners in market. We are also fortunate to have great distributors in New Zealand and in our export markets. With our volumes being small we really value those partnerships. We take part in Pinot Palooza events in some markets. People here in New Zealand often still say they\u2019ve never seen our label before, so it just takes time.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-be8a143\" data-id=\"be8a143\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81c6e13 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"81c6e13\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Many people who know our wines would be aware that we were established completely with biodynamic and organic means. There was no herbicide, no artificial fertilizers \u2013 everything was manure and compost and planting crops to build the soils up, and we planted into that.\u00a0The team were just out there doing it and didn\u2019t go through any certification processes initially, however more recently we have Biogro certification for our home vineyard in Lowburn from 2017 and are in process to have certification for our Bannockburn Sauvage vineyard from the end of 2020.<\/p><p>We aim to have a Cellar Door at the vineyard at some stage as well, but for now host tastings at our winery in Cromwell. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a67583d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a67583d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-06d2bea\" data-id=\"06d2bea\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48d0031 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"48d0031\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>WF<\/strong>: Do you see the process as more scientific or artistic?<\/p><p><strong>CM<\/strong>: I think both, and that\u2019s what attracts so many different people to the industry. When you meet winemakers there\u2019s a lot of different backgrounds, and especially here in Central Otago there\u2019s quite a gathering of different characters. I feel personally like there\u2019s more towards the art in some ways, but there\u2019s also definitely a bit of both.<\/p><p><strong>WF<\/strong>: And is there a time during the year where you just get a \u2018feeling\u2019?<\/p><p><strong>CM<\/strong>: Probably the combination of everything along the way. Right from winter during pruning and then throughout the growing season you see different things \u2013 observing the vineyard. Burn Cottage has ten different clones and ten different blocks, various root stock selections, and varied aspects and elevations to the blocks themselves. Each portion of the harvest that comes in, we are looking at it separately before it goes into a fermenter. So getting a feeling for each part of the land as well.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9a1e8a9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9a1e8a9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a732f4b\" data-id=\"a732f4b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c4875d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3c4875d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"735\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_0487-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1820\" alt=\"Burn Cottage vineyard\" srcset=\"https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_0487-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_0487-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_0487-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_0487-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_0487.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-629cecd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"629cecd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d0655a2\" data-id=\"d0655a2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-003a108 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"003a108\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Aiming to bring out the uniqueness of the place, to trust the site, and all the work that\u2019s been done out there during the season. We also have the new \u2018Sauvage\u2019 vineyard &#8211; in 2017 we started working with that site, but the vines themselves are now 21 years old. That had been managed organically in the past at times, now the team have converted it fully back to those methods.<\/p><p><strong>WF<\/strong>: Is picking your decision?<\/p><p><strong>CM<\/strong>: Yes, but with the vineyard team we have been watching the fruit, the canopy and the weather- as well as how things have been going throughout the season for each block.<\/p><p>Pretty much every block is on either a different soil type, or elevation, or aspect to the sun\u2026So we\u2019ve got different maturity progression there. We try to have a fermenter of each block separately , whether that is in stainless steel or the oak cuves.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-85ddeaa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"85ddeaa\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4470d39\" data-id=\"4470d39\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee354cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ee354cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>WF<\/strong>: do you see anything changing with Climate Change?<\/p><p><strong>CM<\/strong>: We have occasionally had some pretty hot years. We\u2019re less affected in our home site because it\u2019s tucked up under the hill and the suns heat leaves the site a little earlier than some others. But it\u2019s the variability in the climate, or in the seasons which is more of an issue; we have to adjust as best we can.<\/p><p><strong>WF<\/strong> \u2013 You\u2019re doing the collaborative project with Valli, and it\u2019s amazing how much of a community the wine industry is. I would have thought there\u2019s no way someone would swap something precious like grapes, to let someone else have a go! Any plans to make a new thing \u2013 a grand product?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-31f5552\" data-id=\"31f5552\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23b7e24 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"23b7e24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"735\" height=\"980\" src=\"https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Burn-Cottage-Valli-Pinot-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1821\" alt=\"Burn Cottage Valli Pinot\" srcset=\"https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Burn-Cottage-Valli-Pinot-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Burn-Cottage-Valli-Pinot-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Burn-Cottage-Valli-Pinot-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Burn-Cottage-Valli-Pinot.jpg 1350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-04f8d41 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"04f8d41\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-83a4637\" data-id=\"83a4637\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92a2773 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"92a2773\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>CM<\/strong>: Yes the collaboration with Valli is a wonderful experience &#8211; with people we enjoy spending time with; and the fruit from their special site. Grant and I worked together for several years in the past so its great to be doing that again \u2013 we have done 6 vintages for the collaboration so far. . We pick Burn Cottage grapes for him, and he picks Valli grapes for us, from rows and clones we\u2019ve each set aside. We literally do a swap, and end up with three barrels each.<\/p><p>In terms of a future plans at Burn Cottage Vineyard, we have a couple of blocks that we have watched extra closely over the years. As we do those separate ferments for each block we can see the wine throughout as well\u2026 It\u2019s possible that one of those small areas will have a special bottling. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-56dd34d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"56dd34d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1f2af3c\" data-id=\"1f2af3c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca768ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ca768ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Wines appear.<\/p><p><strong>WF<\/strong>: Do you just have the one white?<\/p><p><strong>CM<\/strong>: We planted in a small side valley at the top of our site that has quite mineral and slightly lean soil &#8211; we decided it would be interesting for Riesling. Gruner Veltliner was also coming into the region at that time, so those two make up that block. They\u2019ve taken a long time to produce \u2013 around 6 years, and it\u2019s still very small volumes so for now we blend the varietals, and they work very well together. The blend is usually 30-50% Gruner Veltliner and the remainder Riesling. We usually do skin contact on both most years &#8211; some years just one of them &#8211; bringing out the lovely texture from the skins.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f061a4c\" data-id=\"f061a4c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-737c396 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"737c396\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Gruner has brings the acidity of the wine back a little from where a Riesling would sit. Usually dry or just off-dry.. the natural ferments will often just stop where they stop.<\/p><p><strong>WF<\/strong>: Whose choice was that, to put those grape varieties in? And why not Chardonnay?<\/p><p><strong>CM<\/strong>: The owner of Burn Cottage &#8211; Marcus Sauvage, and Ted Lemon &#8211; who established the vineyard, the planting layout, and clonal\/rootstock makeup, and put in place the biodynamic groundwork and farm integration (as he has done in his own site, Littorai, in Somoma Coast) I started with the team at Burn Cottage in 2010. We talked about Chardonnay a few times, and especially as Ted makes beautiful Chardonnay at his Estate, however Pinot Noir has been very suited to this site, and has been the main focus.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3c72a71 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3c72a71\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-01cb1f0\" data-id=\"01cb1f0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5418a86 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5418a86\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"735\" height=\"458\" src=\"https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Burn-Cottage-highland-cows-beside-vineyard-1024x638.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1822\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Burn-Cottage-highland-cows-beside-vineyard-1024x638.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Burn-Cottage-highland-cows-beside-vineyard-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Burn-Cottage-highland-cows-beside-vineyard-768x478.jpg 768w, https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Burn-Cottage-highland-cows-beside-vineyard-1536x957.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Burn-Cottage-highland-cows-beside-vineyard.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-73c71b5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"73c71b5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fe35644\" data-id=\"fe35644\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31e65a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31e65a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>CM<\/strong>: Moonlight Race is a sub-regional reflection of Pinot Noir from around our area. Up to 2017 vintage the wine is a blend of fruit from Burn Cottage and two other vineyards in the region where we had rows set aside year on year. These Vineyards were Northburn and Mark 2 (Pisa area). We worked very closely with them on this. From 2018 onwards this wine becomes just our two vineyards, in Lowburn and Bannockburn.<\/p><p>The 2016 is very textural, silky. The season was fairly mild, but even, apart from wind which was a bit of a challenge. Very different wines (V16 \/ V17) to look at but you can see similarities from the mineral, savoury, textural elements. Burn Cottage site has very earthy, mineral notes.<\/p><p>2017 was very low production. We had a relatively unsettled weather at flowering, so there was poorer fruit set. The fruit ripened really well, giving a lovely density and structure to the wines. The Burn Cottage site savoury depth is there &#8211; the fruit and oak complement each other &#8211; only a low percentage of new oak used. The Mark 2 vineyard always lend savoury herb and spice notes, and Northburn dark red fruits and structural tannins. All three vineyards are within 10 kilometres of each other giving a lovely regional representation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Burn Cottage winemaker Claire Mulholland is a well respected figure in New Zealand, and a bit of Pinot Noir legend, having worked at both Martinborough Vineyards and at Amisfield as &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1818,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interviews-with-nz-winemakers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Winemakers series: Claire Mulholland - 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