PRE-VINTAGE
RAINFALL: Winter (below average) | Spring (below average).
TEMPERATURE: Mild Spring and early Summer | No extreme heat.
UPSHOT: Balanced canopies and crop levels.
VINTAGE
RAINFALL: Summer (below average) | Autumn (below average).
TEMPERATURE: Days (warm) | Nights (cool).
UPSHOT: Compressed vintage | Fast late ripening curve | Powerful wines
SEPPELTSFIELD VINEYARD BLOCK: D Block.
VINEYARD: Very shallow red clay loam overlying shattered limestone | North-south oriented rows | Elevated Eastern aspect | Long, even sunlight.
UPSHOT: Reduced natural vine vigour.
HARVEST: 16 February to 2 March 2024.
FERMENTATION: De-stemmed | 10-12 days on skins | Open pump-overs
Basket pressed.
OAK: French oak (60% new, 40% seasoned) | Natural malolactic fermentation | 22 months’ maturation.
PROFILE: Dark fruit | Mocha | Cocoa | Cardamom.
TEXTURE: Great length | Layered.
