Nose
Plum, dried cranberry, and raspberry, baking spices and Ginger Nut biscuits, polished wood, subtle floral and herbal perfume.
Palate
Medium bodied, with a delightful churn of thick ripe tannin, depth and brightness to the fruit, clean acidity, a pleasing precision married to richness, black olive savouries and exotic spice.
Growing Conditions
The conditions in summer were warm and dry with February / March having limited very hot days ensuring that the grapes were perfectly ripe and concentrated in flavour due to the longer season. A great year for reds and whites, giving opportunity for solid flavour retention and tannin concentration.
Harvest
Handpicked early one morning.
Winemaking
The two varieties were curated by Clive Otto and Kate Morgan and fermented in closed vats and continuously “pumped over” to extract colour and tannins softly, with ferment being completed after 12 days for both wines. They were individually pressed and placed in French oak barrels and stored for 20 months.
