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VINEYARD BLOCKS
1 block 3 year old vines on 5 wire vertical trellis.
Clone 20C on 101-14 rootstock.
Elevated east facing slope. Soil deep red Hutton. Yield 2
tons / hect.
Lightly irrigated after varaison to avoid excessive stress
during the critical ripening period.
14% merlot included.
VINTAGE CONDITIONS
A dry, hot summer. The ripening period was hot and dry. The
harvest was early with ripe, healthy grapes producing big
wines with high alcohols.
Harvest date: 1 / 3 / 00 @ 26.1° balling.
PRODUCTION
100% destemming and crushing by hand directly into 2 ton open
top fermentation tanks. Spontaneous natural
yeast fermentation @ 32ºC with the cap of skins
punched down 2 - 6 times a day for 14 days. Wine drained directly
to barrels together with single pressing from traditional
basket press. All our red wine undergoes malolactic fermentation
in the barrel. 25% new French oak and
10% new American oak was used from high quality coopers.
Time in barrels 21 months, which
included several rackings to gradually clarify the wine and
assist maturation development. This wine was lightly fined
with egg whites ( 2 - 3 eggs per barrel ), before bottling
unfiltered by hand on the property.
Bottling date : 11 December 2001
Production : 142 cases.
TASTING NOTES
Deep, dark, brooding red colour.
Smoky, spicy deep red fruits, vanilla and plum chocolate nose.
Big, rich concentrated fruit palate with full tannic mouthfeel
and long, dry finish.
Probably best between 2004 - 2009.
Enjoy with rich meat dishes.
ANALYSIS
Alc. 15.31 SG.2.4 TA 5.5 pH
3.66 VA 0.64 SO2 40 & 87
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