Tasting Notes
Colour: Deep ruby red.
Nose: Vanilla and berry flavours.
Palate: Full bodied wooded red wine. Well balanced wine.
Food Suggestions
Red meat dishes and rich casseroles / stews.
In The Vineyard
Irrigation: Drip
Trellis System: Extended Perold
Soil: Deep Loam
Climate: Hot dry summers & heavy winter rains
About The Harvest
Type: Hand picked
Date: 04 March 2009
Yield: 9 tons / ha
In The Cellar
After destalking and crushing the mash was flash pasteurized and then immediately re-cooled to 24°C. After inoculation with a chosen yeast strain the wine was fermented to about 1° Balling at 24-25°C and then pressed. French oak was used for 10 months prior to filtration and bottling.
