A great Year for Kyra Sparkling – Tamar Valley Tasmania

Iron Pot Bay Wines in Tasmania’s Tamar Valley was established in 1988 and has been making a sparkling wine since 1996. The current release sparkling wine – ‘Kyra’ Sparkling Chardonnay /Pinot Noir 2006, is named for the late Kyra Hinman who established the vineyard at Rowella with Rod Cuthbert in 1988.

(Roderick, who celebrated his 80th birthday in September 2011, still rises at dawn to inspect his vines, does serious tractor work and repairs all vineyard equipment.)

It has been a year of success for Kyra Sparkling 2006 which won the Sparkling Trophy at the National Cool Climate Wine Show in Bathurst recently. This month, Kyra Sparkling also earned Royal Hobart Show’s Trophy for Best Sparkling.

Kyra Sparkling awards include:

• TROPHY Best Sparkling, Gold Medal, Bathurst National Cool Climate Wine Show, 2011
• TROPHY Best Sparkling, Gold Medal, Royal Hobart Wine Show, 2011
• Gold Medal, Australian Sparkling Wine Show, Marysville, 2011
• Silver Medal, Hobart International Wine Show 2010
• Silver Medal, International Cool Climate Wine Show, Red Hill 2011

Graeme Phillips, Wine writer – The Mercury: ‘Yeasty toast, honey and apple flavours, lovely fine bead, texture and complexity recently disgorged for maximum flavour.’
This wine retails at cellar door for $32 a bottle.
Mary Dufour Iron Pot Bay Wines