Estate Grown
With each vineyard aspect being a unique spectrum of clone selections, soil profiles, plus the development of new techniques to vine training, it provides the winemakers with a comprehensive array of styles, flavours and characters.
Vintage 2018
BAROSSA VALLEY, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
VINEYARD NOTES
In 2018 we barrel selected fruit from 2 of our family vineyards. The Vine Vale Sands vineyard (70%) which is grown on heavy white sandy loam over brown and red clay. The vines are trained to the Rosback system with lift wires and cane pruned. The Rosenzweig vineyard (30%) which is grown on sandy brown loam over red clay and a deep limestone mix. The vines are trained to the Rosback system with lift wires and cane pruned. This year mother nature loved the cane pruning and yields were spot on.
HARVEST NOTES
Drier soils combined with warmer than average October and November days October 2oC above average in BV and November 1.1oC above average in BV meant the vine canopies grew quickly; flowering well and setting a good number of bunches. January and February were warm and dry, with very warm temperatures in February. The Indian summer of March and early April was ‘the icing on the cake’, with average temperatures, without extremes, perfect for finishing off vintage. 2 open top fermenters for 8 days with one plunged and 1 closed top fermenter for 10 days, all twice daily pump overs, open cage bag pressed. The wine undergoes malolactic fermentation then we rack and return to barrel for maturation. Barrels are tasted for style and blended for bottling.
TASTING NOTES
Plum's, cherries, vanilla and spice dance to the top of the glass leading one to consumption. Layered with dark plums followed by cherries and kick of spice tamed by a vanilla oak essence. The soft elegant tannin structure carries the vanillin and berries to length with a hint of dark chocolate showing at the end.
"It's delectably expressed, showing black/blueberry, violet, cocoa and spicy oak notes, leading to a concentrated palate that's plush and opulent. The wine offers richness as well as harmony and structure, finishing impressively long and silky. At its best: now to 2035." 95 Points - Wine Orbit, Sam Kim.
2018 vintage SOLD OUT - Next vintage available is 2020. Available in the Wine Store.
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