Centennial Vineyards

Centennial Vineyards is located just minutes from the historic township of Bowral in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, just over an hour south of Sydney. This premium cool climate vineyard at over 760m in altitude (in winter snow is possible) ensures grapes ripen slowly with enhanced flavour and intensity. Slow ripening together with fastidious attention to viticulture and low cropping levels, results in premium quality fruit, creating wines of elegance and distinction.

Built in 2001/2002, Centennial Vineyards’ winery is a ‘state of the art’ development fitted out with all the equipment needed to create super-premium wine. In summary, the winery allows flexibility, freedom and the ability to control all phases of the winemaking process.

Centennial Vineyards is about cool climate grape growing and winemaking. The vines ripen with lower temperatures than most Australian wine regions. Because the climate is colder, vines ripen the fruit much more slowly and evenly than in warm regions, producing balanced, aromatic fruit.

The reason we get higher natural acidities is because the rate of acid degradation on the vine is directly proportional to temperature. So in warmer climates, at the end of the season, their fruit is significantly lower in acidity than here. These higher natural acidities give the wine balance, crispness, and more lengthy palates with superior aging ability.

You can find them at www.centennial.net.au

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