Nose
Bouquet:Black forest cake and satsuma plum with notes of blueberry and a violet perfume.
Palate
Rich dark fruit with a blueberry acidity giving length, a chalky tannin structure carries the fruit through to a soft supple finish. Black forest cake and satsuma plum with notes of blueberry and a violet perfume on the nose. Rich dark fruit with a blueberry acidity giving length, a chalky tannin structure carries the fruit through to a soft supple finish. For immediate enjoyment or cellar up to 2025.
Growing Conditions
The grapes were picked in the cool of the morning, destemmed and placed in open fermenters.
Winemaking
Innoculated with a neutral yeast and the cap plunged up to four times a day, by hand. After 10 days the wine was kept on extended skins for a further ten days. Then the wine was drained and the must basket pressed off to tank where it underwent a malolactic fermentation which softens the acid. The wine was then racked to a mix of one and two year old French barriques, then left to mature for 12 months. Blended and put to bottle in July 2018.
Appearance
Intense, vibrant purple/violet.
