DRINKING WINDOW: Now - 5 years
PRE-VINTAGE
RAINFALL: Drought breaking winter and early spring rainfall | Dry late spring early summer
TEMPERATURE: Late Spring heat spike | High winds during flowering
UPSHOT: Balanced vines | Accelerated ripening| Early budburst
VINTAGE
RAINFALL: Dry conditions
TEMPERATURE: Two January heatwaves | Warm otherwise | Mild during vintage
UPSHOT: Early harvest | Excellent ripening and flavour development | Intense and even flavoured wines
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: Crushed and de-stemmed | Left on skins for 8 days | Open pump-overs and hand plunging | Basket pressed
OAK: French – 90% new, 10% old | Natural malolactic fermentation | 22 months maturation
TECH ANALYSIS: Alcohol – 15.0% | pH – 3.55 | Acid – 6.8g/L | RS – <1.0g/L
Sarsaparilla and Campari enriched with a gentle herbal nuance. Dark fruit flows across the palate in smooth, rounded layers, delivering richness with elegant restraint. Beautifully balanced.
