Nose
A classic lifted nose of plums and berries with a hint of red capsicum and spice, in a framework of delicious subtle oak.
Palate
The palate is rich and deep with amazing pure intensity of both fruit flavours and smooth interwoven French oak. The tannins are polished, fine and strong giving a window to view this wines great potential.
Growing Conditions
The 2008 vintage was classical for Margaret River red wine with initially quite wet spring conditions, leading into a dry but still early summer ensuring good flowering conditions. The conditions in summer were warm and dry, and that means the grapes were perfectly ripe with concentrated flavours due to the longer season.
Winemaking
Sharna Kowalczuk, in her last vintage for Vasse River Wines, made this wine and she completed an exemplarily job with our grapes from ferment to barrel along with the new and talented winemaker Dave Johnson completing the process 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.
Appearance
A deep dark red coloured.
Food Pairing
we certainly recommend the classic combination of roast beef with all the trimmings with this wine. Other combinations that should delight include any game bird (use truffle oil for basting), ox-tail in a reduced stock, and even classic Hungarian goulash.
