Crimson in colour, with lifted spiced red-cherry and blackberry aromas. The palate is rich, rounded and fleshy with a fine tannin line.

Hand harvested at optimum ripeness, and destemmed retaining 100% whole berries into the fermenter.

Cold soaked for 5 days prior to naturally warming to begin fermentation. The ferment was hand plunged twice daily to ensure gentle extraction of colour and tannin. After a short period of 10 days on skins and at sugar dryness, the fermentation was pressed to seasoned French oak barrels.

The wine was matured for 7 months before being blended for bottling. Naturally clarified and bottled without finings or filtration.
This wine is delicious upon release and will mature well for the medium term.