Vintage 2017
BAROSSA VALLEY, SOUTH AUSTRALIA

SOIL
Red brown loam over red clay with deeper limestone.

VITICULTURE
2 arching cane pruned, lift wires, min till, food and water supplemented.

CLIMATE
2017 growing season was one of the wettest on record. Cooler than average spring and early summer meant the vines grew slowly but healthily. Two short bursts of high temperatures. Two well-timed rain events in late January and early February kept vines healthy and in no rush to ripen, with the rest of February remaining dry. The average minimum and maximum temperatures for March were 2 to 3oC above average, followed by a notable shift to much cooler nights from late March onwards.

VINIFICATION
Open fermenters, 11 days on skins, twice daily pump overs, open cage bag pressed.

OAK
Seasoned French and American barrels.

"It's seductively inviting on the nose with black/blueberry, floral, thyme, cedar and dark chocolate notes, leading to a gorgeously weighted palate displaying outstanding fruit purity combined with complex spicy nuances. Opulent and sumptuous with a persistent gratifying finish. At its best: now to 2037." 96 points - Wine Orbit, Sam Kim

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