Vintage
2023
ABV
13.5%
Wine Type
Red Blend
Wine Style
Still
Wine Description
We live in a society filled with immediate gratification. Planting and growing a grape vine, picking the fruit and turning it into wine all takes time, patience, skill and a little bit of insanity. Fruition refers to a state of being complete or fully realised. It's a happy word by default meaning 'to enjoy'. Our big dreams and hard work come full circle in this fruit forward belnd of Grenache and Mataro. Bottled for you ''to enjoy' now, no need to wait!
The single vineyard and estate grown blend is bright ruby garnet in colour with hints of wild strawberries and baking spices on the nose. Ripe plums, raspberries and blueberries fill the mouth with bright and refreshing fruit flavours and hints of spice and crunchy tannins.
Grenache and Mataro were picked in early March 2023, crushed and held in the press for 9 days to extract colour and flavour before pressing and fermentation. 10% of the belnd was placed in old French oak barrels for 6 months before bottling in February 2024
Winemaker
Sheridan Alm (Viticulturalist), Armand Lacomme (Winemaker)
Winemaker's Bio
Sheridan Alm is a skilled viticulturalist and engages a low input and regenerative approach to growing wine to improve the health of the land for future farming generations. Passionate about the sustainable use of the natural resources on which Starrs Reach Vineyard relies, Sheridan was recognised at the Australian Women in Wine Awards as Viticulturalist of the Year in 2019 and also received the honour of Riverland Wine Industry Person of the Year in 2022.
The wines at Starrs Reach Vineyard are hand crafted by the talented Armand Lacomme - a Senior Winemaker at McLaren Vintners. Armand now calls Australia home after growing up in South Africa and studying Viticulture and Oenology at Stellenbosch University. Aligning with the values of Starrs Reach Vineyard, Armand is committed to a sustainable and minimal intervention approach to winemaking, allowing the wine to tell the story of the land on which it is grown.
