COLOUR:
Bright ruby red of moderate depth with lingering purple highlights on the swirl.
NOSE:
Lifted aromas of cherry and rose petal with hints of violets and warm buttered herb toast.
PALATE:
Clean and full-bodied with cherry, raspberry and vanilla roasted nuts, smoothly carried across a silky palate of soft grape tannins with subtle toasty oak and a smooth, lingering finish.
WINEMAKING:
Fermented in traditional small open-top fermenters and hand plunged twice daily for up to 10 days using a variety of yeasts. MLF was encouraged on skins and completed in tank prior to three months of ageing in old and new French hogsheads.
VINTAGE NOTES:
Cool conditions in early spring led into a warm and dry period for flowering, producing a balanced crop load across all varieties. A warm, dry summer subsided into a prolonged cool autumn, and the extended 2022 growing season created optimum ripening conditions for full flavour development prior to a slightly later harvest.
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