Deepest red with a vibrant purple hue. So much lift and perfume. Violets, lavender and maraschino cherries lift from the glass. The palate has hallmarks of the gravels in graphite and black pepper. However, the succulence of fruit and beauty of the fruit speaks to that of a truly iconic vintage.
Food Match
Roasted garlic and thyme lamb rack, squid ink linguine
Recommended Cellaring
7 to 12 years from vintage
Vintage Detail
Wet up until Christmas, then dry and warm through ripening peroid. Iconic.
Brix
23.8 average
Production Level
45 hl/ha average
Hand Harvested
70%
Whole Bunch
18%
Destemmed
82%
Fermentation Vessel
Open top stainless steel tanks
Fermentation
Indigenous
Barrel Type
French oak barriques
New Barrel %
25%
Maturation
14 months
Fining
No
Filtration
No
Bottled
Aug-20
WINE ANALYSIS
Alcohol
13.2
Residual Sugar
Nil
pH
3.56
Acidity
5.9 g/l
Wine Club
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