DRINKING WINDOW: Now - 10 years
PRE-VINTAGE
RAINFALL: Average winter and spring rainfall | Low summer rainfall
TEMPERATURE: Cool spring leading to warm summer
UPSHOT: Low crops | Return to standard flowering and fruit set | Frost and hail events
VINTAGE
RAINFALL: No rainfall during the vintage period
TEMPERATURE: Warm conditions throughout
UPSHOT: Fast ripening conditions | Condensed vintage | Intense flavours and tannin | Wines of power and structure
G BLOCK: Shallow red clay loam overlying red plastic clay | North-south oriented rows | Elevated eastern aspect | Long even sunlight
UPSHOT: Soft elegant tannins | Complex aromatic and flavour profile
FERMENTATION: De-stemmed | Left on skins for 8-12 days | Open pump-overs and hand plunging | 2-3 Pump-overs per day | Basket pressed
OAK: French – 55% new, 45% 2nd use | Natural malolactic fermentation | 22 months maturation
TECH ANALYSIS: Alcohol – 14.9% | pH – 3.62 | Acid – 6.5g/L | RS – <1.0g/L
Wild blackberry, blackcurrant, and dark cherry form a vibrant, perfumed nose, with brambly undertones and a lift of red peppercorn spice. The palate is layered and complex, delivering freshness and structure in perfect balance. Fragrant, textural, and finely composed.
