This limited release is made from low yield and hand picked fruit to produce a premium wine with intense colour, flavour, structure and regional characters.
Vineyard Region: Yarra Valley & Murray River.
Grape Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz, Petit Verdot, Sangiovese
Vineyard Planted: 1990, 2000 & 2002
Wine Analysis: Alc/Vol. 13%
Harvest Date: March 2017
Bottling Date: July 2018
Total Production: 4068 Bottles
Bottle Size: 750 ml Standard
Winemaking: De-stemmed grapes into open fermenting vats. Juice was inoculated with suitable yeast culture, the cap was hand plunged 3 times daily, with total maceration time of 12 days. The fermented wine was pressed into tanks to undergo malolactic fermentation.
Maturation: In 225 Litre new and one year old French Oak Barrels, for a period of 15 months. The four wines were then blended and clarified prior to bottling.
Colour: Deep Maroon with a purple hue.
Aromas: Red cherry, strawberry to black pepper and liquorice. The Petit Verdot component adds intense dark fruit aromas of fresh blackberry, strawberry and black berry.
Palate: Supple and bright, sweet red plum, red berries and raspberry cream.
Peak Drinking: This wine will continue to improve over the next 5 to 10 years.
Released: March 2020.