Description
"Dry grown, old bush vines, grown on red-brown sandy loams with quartz and ironstone. Low intervention viticulture with minimal spray regime, cover crops and promotion of biodiversity. The fruit was hand-picked early in the morning before swift transport to the winery where we retained 50% whole bunches. A gentle foot pressing helped establish the wild ferment. Once fermented, the wine was transferred to 500l puncheons & 300 litre used French oak hogsheads where it stayed for 8 months before being bottled unfined and unfiltered. Aromatic and lifted on the nose with a beautifully layered, textural palate with wild strawberry and spice." - Winemaker Note
"Vibrant ruby red hue. Nose is equally vibrant, raspberry, dried herbs and roses all leaping from the glass. This is benchmark delicious drinking, juicy raspberry fruit is lifted by crunchy acidity and for a moment you think that’s all then it morphs into a far more savoury tone with dried herbs and morcilla notes. Great length; tannins have a subtle influence towards the finish, more lifting than gripping so the end still has the same vitality as on entry." - 95 Points, Stuart Knox, The Real Review
"Well, it’s Grenache maybe presented in something of a Burgundy style. Raspberry, strawberry, spice, mint and almond paste. Medium-bodied, silky and fine, red fruits, a lick of graphite tannin, balanced acidity, some Campari rolls in on a finish of excellent length. Lovely. Better again with a year or two to settle." - 94+ Points, Gary Walsh, The Wine Front
