Nose
A lifted nose of plums, chocolate, blackcurrant and an exotic hint of a fine Cuban cigar.
Palate
The palate is rich and fully integrated with great fruit flavours and the finest of tannins, giving in to a long delicious length. A wine that has the potential to age at least 5-12 years, but you can be assured of the wine drinking well now.
Growing Conditions
2007 was a red wine vintage that may go down as one of the region’s best, perfect warm spring conditions led into a mild but still warm summer that meant the grapes were perfectly ripe and full of flavour the earliest in our short vineyards history.
Winemaking
We were fortunate enough to have Sharna Kowalczuk from Vasse River Wines make our wine and she completed an exemplarily job with our grapes from arrival through to bottling. 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 66% Merlot and 33% 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.
