Nose
A very concentrated complex bouquet of black fruits (plums, black cherry, prunes).
Underlying the powerful dark fruit bouquet are hints of liquorice, spice and vanilla oak scents
which create an unforgettable mix of nasal experience.
Palate
Bold rich and powerful mix of dark fruits fills the mouth. An intense wine full of
black forest fruits and integrated oak. This wine has a long lingering finish with spicy undertones
of dusty sweet vanilla oak.
Growing Conditions
Churchview pride themselves on being good stewards of the land and have hence gained their organic certification for the vineyard in 2020. This means that the grapes are all grown
organically, without the use of toxic chemicals on the vines. These practices produce pure,
quality fruit, and in principal, we believe it also produces pure, quality wine. Our 1 hectare block of Zinfandel was planted in 2005. This variety can be challenging to grow especially when we experience a wet summer. During the growing season it is carefully monitored and any fruit not deemed good enough is removed to ensure adequate ripeness.
Harvest
Once ripeness is at its optimum, it is hand picked early in the morning.
Winemaking
Hand-picked and sorted fruit, the fruit spends 3 days cold soaking to enhance and extract the
aroma and flavour compounds. Fermentation began in stainless steel vats with 10 days of
contact on skins. Afterwards, the wine is pressed into a mixture of French and American oak
barrels. After around 14 months of oak maturation, the wine was blended back into a stainless steel vat, filtered and bottled. Minimal intervention winemaking allows this powerful varietal to speak for itself.
Aging
14 months in oak
Appearance
Very deep crimson.
