Nose
Lifted nose of deep red fruits with chocolate and an exotic hint of a fine Cuban cigar.
Palate
The palate is full and balanced with great fruit flavours and the stamp of Blue Poles fine tannins, giving in to a long delicious length.
Growing Conditions
2008 brought back a sense of normality after the terribly cold and sturdy 2006, and the incredibly warm and rich 2007, with a vintage that required a long dry finish to vintage to bring out the best of the fruit’s flavours and the finest of ripe tannins. A truly classic year with all the fruit having the most intense depth of character, which went through to the finished wine. The fruit was as always severely thinned prior to harvest, usually just prior to veraison (the changing of colour in the grapes).
Harvest
Hand-picked.
Winemaking
The wine was fermented in a closed vat and continuously “pumped over” to extract colour and tannins softly, with ferment being completed after 10 days. The wine was pressed and placed in French oak barrels and stored for 19 months. The final blend of grapes for this wine was 79% Merlot and 21% Cabernet Franc – a classic St Emilion wine style of the Bordeaux region of France.
Appearance
A deep red black.
Food Pairing
We recommend rich beef and game dishes, as well as duck confit which marries the weight of the wine with the texture of the meat.
