Flinty and savoury; give it time and air in the glass and juicy red licorice and black pepper will present. Medium weight and juicy. The red fruited palate finishes with a wash of acid and fine powdered texture.

Even though 2023 will generally go down as a cool, wet and
challenging year, we’re delighted with the results. Freshness and
purity are hallmarks of the vintage. Our healthy organic vineyard
showed its resilience against mildew and other dangers and
the late start to the season meant flavour and sugar ripeness
dovetailed nicely. Most of our fruit came in over an intense 11
day period in late March before the weather turned cold and wet
again.

Block 21 Mataro was the last fruit to enter the winery in 2023
and was picked on the 6th of April. This portion came from the
contour block planted in 2017. 4% of the fruit came from 0.55 ha
of 1950s Mataro Block 3 on a mixture of schist and limestone.
NASAA certified organic and biodynamic.

 Block 21 Mataro was destemmed, with 90% fermented in
concrete tulip and the remainder in 0.5T bins with gentle hand
plunging for cap management. After two weeks on skins,
the components were pressed together back to concrete for
malolactic fermentation and maturation. After racking in October,
block 21 Mataro was topped with 4% 1950s old vine Mataro from
Block 3 before bottling in November.

[VARIETIES] 100% Mataro
[ALCOHOL] 14%
[PRODUCTION] 189 dozen made
[CELLARING] Drink now or will cellar for 5+ years