"A nose of aromatic fresh peach and nectarine balanced by nutmeg and almond spice with salted buttery notes. The palate is rich, full of soft white nectarine, hints of lemon citrus finishing with a crisp, dry & lingering acidity. Perfect with light and delicate food such as raw and lightly cooked shellfish like crab, prawns, and steamed or grilled fish. For pasta lovers, Goat cheese tortellini with seared prawns and for meat lovers, pair with free range chicken thigh with corn sauce and even chilli oil!"
Peter Lehmann established his namesake winery in 1979, driven in large part by a desire to support Barossa growers during a crippling grape oversupply at the time. The wine from the first vintage in 1980 was called ‘The Futures’ in a nod to the commitment Peter made to paying the growers once he had sold the wine. This arrangement was sealed with a handshake and Peter’s word was his bond. True to his promise, when the money started coming in, Peter made sure to pay his growers first.This pivotal act, and leap of faith, is widely credited with saving a significant portion of the Barossa’s historic vineyards.
Led by Peter, the Barossa community pulled together, not just to make great wine but to preserve the future of the land and the Barossa region, forging a legacy of quality and regional stewardship. Today these longstanding relationships with the same community of family growers gives the Peter Lehmann winemakers unrivalled access to the very best grapes across the length and breadth of the Barossa. Peter Lehmann passed away in 2013 at age 82, with his wife Margaret, a key partner in shaping the business, still active in regional wine advocacy today.
In 2014, the Casella Family Brands, acquired the winery, returning it to private family control and recommitting to the original grower-centric vision, with John Caselle making a promise to Margaret Lehmann that he would continue to honour her husband Peter’s famous handshake that had secured the livelihoods of so many growers decades before. Today the wines are steered by head winemaker, and native Barossan Brett Schutz and team, who continue the tradition of crafting terroir-driven wines from grapes sourced across their Barossa family of growers to make the Peter Lehmann signature wines decades of consumers have come to love.
The grapes were picked in the cool of the early morning and transported directly to the winery for crushing. After draining off skins, the wine is fermented at a cool temperature with specially selected Chardonnay yeast. After a few days, the wine is transferred to French oak hogsheads to complete ferment and then remains in oak for a further 5 month period, with regular lees stirring. After ageing, individual parcels are selected, removed from oak, blended, fined and filtered prior to bottling.
