PRE - VINTAGE
RAINFALL: Winter (average) | Spring (above average).
TEMPERATURE: Warm Spring and early Summer | No extreme heat.
UPSHOT: Consistent flowering and fruit set | Healthy canopy
VINTAGE
RAINFALL: Summer (below average) | Autumn (light).
TEMPERATURE: Days (cool - below average) | Nights (cool).
UPSHOT: Mild, even consistent ripening conditions | Gradual and dense flavour accumulation | High natural acid.
SEPPELTSFIELD VINEYARD
BLOCKS: H Block
VINEYARD: Deep red clay loam | Western bank of Greenock Creek Old clone | Low topograpical position | Slight Easterly aspect | East-West Oriented rows.
UPSHOT: Intense fruit profile | Herbaceous notes
Harvest Dates: 14th & 29th March 2022
WINEMAKING
FERMENTATION: De-stemmed | Skin maceration 8 days | Basket Pressed | 35% New French Oak | Natural malolactic fermentation | 22 months maturation.
TECH ANALYSIS: Alcohol 14.8% | pH: 3.55 | Acid: 6.8g/L | RS <1.0g/L
PROFI LE: Spearmint | Plum | Blackcurrant | Dried rosemary
TEXTURE: Aromatic fruit | Balanced oak | Long, silky tannins.
