Fresh, ripe dark cherry fruits enriched with delicate white truffle. Lifted aromatics grounded with gentle spices of nutmeg and cumin. Silky, soft, perfumed and plush. Fine tannins. Well-structured.
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"Like all the Hentley Farm wines, the crimson-purple colour is superb, but this has a second quality to its flavour and structure, perfectly ripened blackberry, plum and black cherry fruits playing tag with each other and the quality oak in which they have been matured, in the end captured and calmed by outstanding tannins that both provide the necessary structure, but also add a savoury farewell to gently dry out the finish" -96 POINTS GOLD -James Halliday
2009 – Average winter conditions and a problem free spring saw a return to late September bud-burst. After above average rainfall in December and a short-lived heat wave in early February, we had some of the best late season growing conditions seen in the last decade. This resulted in harvest dates 2 -3 weeks later than the previous 2 years and wines of astonishing quality
Planted on G-Block the grapes thrive in shallow red clay loam overlying shattered limestone. Rows are meticulously oriented north to south, maximising sun exposure with our elevated eastern aspect.
The fruit was crushed, de-stemmed and left on skins to ferment for 8 days before being basket pressed to a combination of new (90%) and old French barrels, where it underwent natural malolactic fermentation. The wine was then returned to oak to mature for 22 months. No fining or filtration was used in the production of this wine.
Tech Analysis: Alcohol 14.5% | Acid 6.6 | pH 3.6
