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: C-Block
VINEYARD: Very shallow red clay loam overlying shattered limestone | North-south oriented rows | Elevated Eastern aspect.
UPSHOT: Reduced natural vine vigour | Intense and vibrant.
HARVEST: 13th March 2024
FERMENTATION: 50% whole bunch, remaining de-stemmed |
7 days fermentation | Seasoned French oak puncheon.
PROFILE: Lifted pomegranates | Black raspberry | Rose petal |
Raspberry leaf | White pepper | Cinnamon | Black mineral.
TEXTURE: Focused sinewy tannin profile through the mid palate.
Lingering.
