Ripe red and black summer berry fruit combine with savoury barrel notes to give an enticing aroma. An elegant core of red berry fruit persists through the length of the palate and lingers on the finish with delicate fine grained tannins contributing subtle refined texture.
Technical Information
WINEMAKING NOTES Hand picked grapes were sorted before gentle destemming directly into the fermenter via gravity. A 3-4 day cold soak preceded fermentation with wild yeasts. Periodic plunging of the cap was performed as required, up to 3 time per day at peak ferment. The wine was held on skins (post ferment maceration) until tasting indicated the desired tannic structure had been achieved. The wine was run via gravity to French Oak barrels for 11 months cellaring prior to blending. The wine was bottled via gravity.
pH 3.7 TA 5.3 g/l RS 0 g/l Alc 14.3%
VITICULTURE NOTES The grapes were sourced from several blocks from the Mahana & Kelling Rd vineyards in the Upper Moutere Region. The grapes were harvested between the 25th & 28th March. Vertical shoot position trained vines are planted on Moutere Clay soils with no irrigation. As part of an organic management regime canopy management was carried out by hand to ensure good light penetration and air movement. Further leaf plucking around the fruit zone was also carried out just after flowering. Crop reduction was done to ensure the vines were carrying ideal yields and that variability of ripeness within bunches was minimised. The grapes were hand harvested.
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