Vintage
2018
ABV
14.5%
Wine Type
Red
Wine Style
Still
Wine Description
Elegant rose and violet nose with bright mulberry and cherry notes. The detailed, balanced and restrained palate shows good depth of fruit flavour while the background palate shows subtle tannin and structure.
Accolades
Wine showcase 95 points Gold Metal,Sam Kim 94 points, Decanter Bronze
Winemaker's Bio
Wine-making Notes
Gently destemmed, not crushed.
Whole berry fermentation by open fermenter, pumped over twice per day, using bivalent strains of S.Cerevisiae and S.Bayanus, carried in between 22-24 degrees Celcius.
Fermenting for 9-11 days and then basket pressed.
Ageing in oak
Matured for 2 years in 50% new oaks and 50% 1-year-old oaks.
Using Mixed French and American Hogshead.