The nose is a tight but slowly reveals cherry, anise and a little cinamon. On the palate flavours of ripe red cherry, a little blueberry and a hint of violet and licorice. A wine with a chameleon ability to blend with many foods. It can take light chilling in summer and is sensational with Thai cuisine.
This wine is made in the vineyard where strict yield control and fruit exposure is needed. The wine is destemmed but the resulting skin and juice mix contains 90% whole berries and NO stems. A 4 day pre-fermentation cold soak precedes a natural ferment with no yeast being added.
A 4 day post-fermentation soak follows before pressing. Approximately a third of this wine was thermovinified. The result is rather unique and quite special.
Alcohol: 14.0%