Estate Grown

Vintage 2019
BAROSSA VALLEY, SOUTH AUSTRALIA

VINEYARD NOTES
The Rosenzweig vineyard which is grown on sandy brown loam over red clay and a deep limestone mix. Planted in 1935 and surviving the Barossa vine pull in the 1980’s, Aubrey Rosenzweig left these vines in the ground and today we can enjoy his vision. These vines enjoy a small amount of additional food and supplementary water to help maintain then on tough days. The vine is trained to a single wire trellis system with lift wires. Detailed spur pruning gives better bunch positioning and a limited number of grapes per year.

HARVEST NOTES
The growing season started dry and continued that way. In September below average maximum temperatures, but over 3 ºC below average minimums which delayed budburst and early vine growth. The drier soils combined with warmer than average October and November days meant vine growth caught up, but the below average minimum temperatures in November, and clear night skies resulted in another frost in November. If the frosts and dry conditions were not enough, the flowering period was windy and unsettled, and a hailstorm on 22 November topped it all off. The summer months of December and January experienced above average maximum temperatures. Hand harvested, destemmed, cultured yeast, twice daily pump over and 20% plunged. After ferment is done, we press the juice from the skins with our computer controlled open slot air bag press to barrel. The wine undergoes malolactic fermentation then we rack and return to barrel for maturation. This is a single vineyard wine blended for bottling.

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