Major Thomas Mitchell, Surveyor-General of the colony of New South Wales, named Mount Pierrepoint after Major Charles Pierrepont who served with the 26th Regiment of Foot and fought in the Napoleonic Wars. All the fruit is estate grown and managed for low yields of up to 1½ tonne per acre. The grapes are hand picked, de-stemmed and fermented in open vats. Utmost attention is given to the juice during fermentation including regular, day and night hand plunging. The wine is then very gently basket pressed and placed into a balanced proportion of new and old French oak. Intervention is kept to a minimum enabling the natural character of the fruit to develop after a year's maturation in fine oak.