Cidermaker: Erinn Klein

Fruit: 87% Apple, 9% Quince, 4% Pear

GI: Adelaide Hills (Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia)

Site(s): Estate Summit Slope Orchard

Vintage notes: Overall 2020 produced some outstanding
fruit, although not without challenges. An extremely dry
winter and spring, coupled with poor flowering conditions,
gave low vigour moderate crops. Fortunately, moderate
rain events in mid and late January refreshed the
orchards and set them up for a solid This period leading
into harvest was textbook cool, Adelaide Hills conditions.
Vineyard notes: The east facing Summit Slope Orchard
faces the Mt Barker Summit adjacent to Ngeringa’s
Summit Vineyard. The orchard soil is sandy loam over
clay and sandstone. The entire Ngeringa farm is certified
biodynamic, farming with the rhythms of nature and
working towards a self-sustaining farming system
without the use of synthetic chemical inputs.
Cidermaking: The apples, quinces and pears were
pressed in 3 batches, co-fermented in 500L old French
oak barrels and bottled at around 11g/L residual sugar.
No enzymes, no added yeast, no filtration or fining.

Closure: Crown Cap

Legend tasting notes: Distinctly luscious, fruity aromas of
candied apples and ginger, with marked notes of ripe pear
and quince paste. On the palate, crunchy green apples
and pickled pear combine with soft herbs of river mint
and cut grass. Pure, delicious, complex cider.

Label Design: Ngeringa bases all its branding and imagery
on its relationship to the land: the logo makes the shape
of Mount Barker summit and their icon (pictured on the
next page) is a circle representing the full moon, making
reference to the BD practice and the working with the
rhythms of nature, with the she-oak inside of it.

Production size: 139 dozen