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About Novum Wines
Both of us have been lucky to have been mentored by some really clever and special people. We feel like we have been passed from gentle hand to gentle hand as we have worked our way from study to vintage worker to winegrower. While Novum encompasses all that we have learned in the past it is really about what we can deliver going forward. Our desire is to find opportunities that you wouldn’t otherwise have access too; to find small pockets of really good grapes (of any variety), then make many and varied wines that you would feel confident about sharing with friends. We want to keep you informed as we push boundaries with new ideas that will in time shape the future of Novum.
As new vintages roll by we too would like to continue being challenged and excited by wine. Our hope is that you will benefit from this too.
In winemaking it would be true to say… that great fruit makes great wine. Therefore, being able to source consistently ripe, concentrated fruit (from vintage to vintage) is key. We are now in the fortunate position of being able to source fruit from our own family vineyards as well as from some very special friends, allowing us to produce for Novum some unique wines.
We have been lucky to work with fruit harvested from some great vineyards over the years and have learnt where the best sites are. Most wineries will harvest entire blocks at a time, but we have learnt that the best fruit usually comes from just a small pocket of a good vineyard, due to soil type, microclimate etc. It might be just a few rows, the eastern side of a slope, or a rocky swale running through a vineyard site. Pinpointing these pockets takes additional time, but in our experience it is these tiny parcels of fruit that produce the most intense and interesting wines.
