Beautiful ripe dark berry fruit, plums and a hint of liquorice on the nose that carries through onto the palate with a touch of chocolate.
The palate is elegantly structured with delicate, finely grained tannins
A vibrant and accessible wine that demonstrates an array of delicious juicy fruit and savoury flavours - complex and focused on the palate.
Viticulture and Winemaking:
The fruit was 100% hand-picked on 27th March – 1 April 2008
Grape bunches were 100% destemmed
The grapes had varying times of cold maceration and varying fermentation temperatures to increase the wine’s complexity
Maturation in 100% French oak (40% new) (mainly Remond and Francois Frerre barriques)
Date of bottling June 2009 (7,460 bottles produced)
Alcohol 14.0%.
Vynfields:
Is a boutique single vineyard on the free draining alluvial gravels of the Martinborough Terrace, in New Zealand (adjoining vineyards owned by Ata Rangi, Dry River, Martinborough Vineyards, and Palliser Estate) owned by Kaye McAulay and John Bell
We are a fully certified organic vineyard (BioGro New Zealand - number 4622)
