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For thirty years Pepper Tree has been a beacon for quality wine in the heart of Hunter wine country. Founded in 1991 it continues to flourish as one of the stalwart wine companies of the region. Pepper Tree started with a focus on grapes from the Hunter Valley but today the roots run deep for owner John Davis with vineyard sites in four premium wine growing regions across Australia. Almost three decades on, Head Winemaker, Gwyn Olsen is making consistently great wines, drawing on these vineyards situated in the Hunter and Orange in NSW to prized patches of soil in Coonawarra and Wrattonbully in South Australia. You could say it’s the best of four worlds. Our Commitment to the four regions in which John Davis has invested so much of his time and expertise in are the driving force behind all we do. The Hunter Valley represents us but the roots of the tree spread through all four regions.
An expressive blend combining passionfruit and gooseberry fruit notes of Orange Sauvignon Blanc with the crisp lemonade and lime cordial of Hunter Valley Semillon. The palate is vibrant and lively with subtle nettle and lemon flavour. Well balanced acidity with a crisp, dry finish.
Head Winemaker Gwyn Olsen
Big bold flavours of cassis and blackberry integrated with spicy oak. A full rich palate packed with sweetripe berry fruits balanced by French oak. Chalky fine tannins provide excellent structure and depth to the long and generous palate that will live for many years. This single vineyard wine is a full bodied Cabernetof distinction that can be enjoyed now or will benefit from further cellaring.
Head Winemaker, Gwyn Olsen
Pure Semillon aromas of lemongrass and lime articulate the nose of this classic Hunter Semillon. The palate is intense yet elegant displaying mineral texture with great line and length. A wine of great drive, coupled with extraordinary finesse. Enjoy now or confidently cellar for the next 10-20 years.
Head Winemaker, Gwyn Olsen
The 2022 Verdelho shows lifted tropical fruits with hints of musk, spice and guava florals. A full flavoured fruit - packed palate, with ripe tropical fruits, well balanced with great mouth feel and along crisp finish.This fresh and expressive style offers consumers a new alternative in 'designer white wines', that is a perfect match with our modern Australian cuisine.
Head Winemaker Gwyn Olsen
An enticing nose of black and red fruits with a spicy lift. The rich and soft palate is rounded with sweet berry fruits and savoury spice and well balanced by subtle oak. Fine tannins provide support for a long silky finish.
Head Winemaker, Gwyn Olsen
The 2019 vintage is an intense cool climate Chardonnay with flavours of stone fruits, fig and melon seductively integrated with barrel ferment complexity. A crisp and elegant style of Chardonnay, showing great purity of fruit.
Head Winemaker, Gwyn Olsen
A complex mix of spice and ripe mulberry fruit, the palate is medium bodied and fruit driven displaying savoury berry fruit balanced by fine tannins providing great texture and a classically elegant finish.
Head Winemaker, Gwyn Olsen
Like bees to nectar, Australia has taken to growing and making Fiano with great enthusiasm, and this wine has been made to showcase why. Orange blossom, fresh pesto and honeysuckle aromas entice the drinker to taste a savoury and rich wine filled with notes of pear, hazelnut and a touch of orange. Fermented on skins to create layers of texture and spice giving a rich and waxy feel to the mid palate. A versatile wine suited to light meat and rich fish dishes. Best enjoyed now and over the next five years.
Head Winemaker, Gwyn Olsen
Like ink spilt from a dripping fountain pen, this variety makes its mark as soon as it is poured from the bottle. Dark and inky with a vibrant aroma of dark blue fruits and a light frame of violets opens the nose before the palate reveals itself with a core of dark black fruits and red plums. Layers of schist and graphite like tannins support the weight of fruit with a bright acidity providing a refreshing finish. This wine suits itself well to pork sausages and hard cheese.
Head Winemaker, Gwyn Olsen
Sticky Pig is a dessert wine style made from Pinot Gris grapes grown on our Wrattonbully vineyard.This unique wine has intense sweetness and balanced acidity. Pears and green apples fill the nose, rich nectar surrounds the palate while maintaining a delicate and seductive finish.
Head Winemaker, Gwyn Olsen
Venator - the Latin word for HUNTER. Rich stone fruit characters of peach and nectarine on the nose complemented by a hint of nutmeg and clove spice. The palate is long and tight filled with melon and stone fruit notes finishing with a crunchy, nectarine-like acidity. A balanced used ofFrench oak provides mid palate structure and complexity. This wine is made to be enjoyed now or over the medium term.
Head Winemaker, Gwyn Olsen
Our Pinot Noir from Orange is showcasing some exceptional fruit qualities and regional characteristics true to this style. The elegant cool climate Pinot Noir displays a nose of forest floor and dark cherry notes, balanced by a complex palate with subtle hints of raspberries and delicate tannins lingering into the finish.
Head Winemaker, Gwyn Olsen
Venator - the Latin word for a HUNTER - is an apt way to describe this wine. Sourced from our best blocks of sub-regions across the Hunter Valley, this wine is a great representation of the region.Medium bodied with bright red fruit, savoury spice and violet notes, the fruit is balanced with fine layered tannins. A wine of great texture and elegance.
Head Winemaker, Gwyn Olsen
Hunter Valley is a wine grape growing zone that includes the region of Hunter and the sub-regions of Upper Hunter Valley, Broke Fordwich, and Pokolbin. It is north-west of the New South Wales city of Newcastle and has a warm and humid climate. The GI is 19,578 km2 in size and has a total of 2,605 hectares of vineyards. The main varieties grown in the region are Shiraz, Semillon, Chardonnay, and Verdelho.
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Gwyn studied Oenology at Roseworthy University, Adelaide, graduating in 2005. Since then working three vintages in France – Languedoc, St Emillion and Burgundy, held an Assistant Winemaking role at Villa Maria in New Zealand, before being promoted to Operations Winemaker. Gwyn was then offered a position at McWilliams Wines with the pivotal role of building the production across both New Zealand and the Hunter Valley.
In 2013 she accepted the position of Chief Winemaker at Briar Ridge, and soon after added General Manager to her role. With her natural ability evident, Gwyn was appointed Head Winemaker – Davis Premium Vineyards & Pepper Tree Wines in October 2015.
Gwyn’s achievements so early in her career are impressive. In 2015, Gwyn was awarded the Rising Star of the Year award at the Hunter Valley Legends Awards and became a Len Evans Tutorial Scholar. All this following on from a very successful 2014, when she was awarded the prestigious Gourmet Traveller WINE, Young Winemaker Medal. In 2012, Gwyn was awarded the title of ‘Dux’ at the Australian Wine Research Institute, Advanced Wine Assessment Course. Gwyn now judges at national wine shows throughout Australia. Her enthusiasm and dedication to the Hunter Valley wine industry, passion for creating wines with a strong sense of place, and the confidence to push boundaries in winemaking is evident in the success she has had.
Gwyn enjoys the challenges and opportunities to craft diverse, high quality wines for the Pepper Tree Wine brand, and is particularly excited about winemaking across the Hunter Valley, Coonawarra, Wrattonbully and Orange regions.
Pepper Tree pride themselves on growing grapes in some of Australia’s best winemaking regions. The climates and soils of our their estates create unique flavours in the wines they produce. This, coupled with the passion and science our people bring to the process, mean they have become one of Australia’s most highly awarded wine companies. Since the Hunter Valley estate was founded in 1991, their commitment to producing excellent wines has never wavered. As Pepper Tree have added vineyards beyond the original home in the Valley, they've applied the same stringent conditions to finding the perfect land every time. The properties in the Hunter Valley, Orange, Wrattonbully and Coonawarra all bring unique personalities to the family. They bring together four provenances under one passion. From our home to yours, Pepper Tree bring you the best of four worlds.
For thirty years Pepper Tree has been a beacon for quality wine in the heart of Hunter wine country. Founded in 1991 it continues to flourish as one of the stalwart wine companies of the region. Pepper Tree started with a focus on grapes from the Hunter Valley but today the roots run deep for owner John Davis with vineyard sites in four premium wine growing regions across Australia. Almost three decades on, Head Winemaker, Gwyn Olsen is making consistently great wines, drawing on these vineyards situated in the Hunter and Orange in NSW to prized patches of soil in Coonawarra and Wrattonbully in South Australia. You could say it’s the best of four worlds. Our Commitment to the four regions in which John Davis has invested so much of his time and expertise in are the driving force behind all we do. The Hunter Valley represents us but the roots of the tree spread through all four regions.
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