Tasting Notes

This wine is ruby red and medium bodied, with bright floral aromas of rose petals and lavender. The front palate has lifted red fruits including raspberries and cherries, and there are hints of chocolate and spice on the finish. Try it with pork belly or your favourite pasta.

Variety: 55% Grenache 25% Shiraz 20% Mourvedre
Vintage: 2018
Harvest Date: March 2018
Vineyard Location: North west vineyards
Geology / Soil Profile: Deep, red rocky clay loam (derived from Cambrian Rock)
Viticulture Practices: Un-irrigated vineyards, zero tillage, grass sward between rows, cane pruned
Yields 1.5 tonne/acre
Alcohol: 14.5%
pH: 3.6
Production: 149 dozen (298 cases)
Bottle Packaging: 750 ml punted burgundy
Closure: Stelvin ROTP Screwcap
Cartons: 6 bottles in branded cartons 1 x 6 standing up

The 2018 Vintage:
2018 brought good spring rains and a warm dry summer. There was low disease pressure. Grapes were hand-picked to ensure that only the best bunches were taken.

The Vineyard:
All the grapes were Estate grown, sourced from north facing slopes of our Dowd’s Lane vineyard. The block supporting the Grenache and Mourvèdre is rocky and elevated and exposed to the hot summer winds. The vines are unirrigated and very low yielding. They are cane-pruned by hand and wrapped to a single wire trellis to encourage some bunch shading during the heat of summer.

The Winemaking:
The Grenache and Mourvèdre grapes were late to ripen and were harvested on the 19th March 2018. The three components were fermented in open vats with daily hand plunging and then basket pressed and aged for 18 months in old oak. They were blended just prior to bottling in September 2019.