Colour

Mid-red with a garnet hue

Aroma

Spiced bramble fruit and baked plum with secondary truffle, leather and oak char flavours

Palate

A medium bodied wine with a structured, silky texture that supports the complex array of spiced fruit and developed, secondary notes. The oak is well integrated and adds to the structural support of the wine.

Suggested Food Matches

Ideally matched with rich game and venison dishes, or a lamb casserole. Serve at ambient temperature.

Grape Growing

The grapes we from the Dijon clones 115 and 667. The vines were pruned to 2 canes with vertical shoot positioning. Extensive shoot thinning was followed by crop reduction and hand leaf removal. A warm and dry spring and summer was followed by a cool autumn. This resulted in good yields with excellent fruit flavours.

Harvest Dates

Winemaking

The fruit was handpicked, crushed and cold soaked on skins for 5 days. Regular hand plunging of the cap ensured gentle extraction of colour and fruit flavours from the skins. Once the fermentation had finished the free run and light pressings were transferred to French oak barriques for 15 months maturation.

Bottling Analyses

Alcohol

Residual Sugar

pH

TA

13.0%

1 g/L

3.64

5.0 g/L

This wine is bottled using a screwcap to preserve freshness and purity of flavour.

Winemaker – Sam Smail