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Colour

Deep red

Aroma

Full of fragrant red berries, cassis and blackcurrants, intertwined with floral notes, licorice, old ash and an attractive tobacco leafiness

Palate

The juicy sweet fruit drives through the palate graciously, supported by subtle tobacco, soft acid and fine tannins. Although this wine has lovely ripe characters, it exhibits a high level of femininity.

Winemaking

The fruit was hand-picked and tonnages from this block were minute; the berries were like skins around seeds, with huge amounts of concentration but full of finesse. The fruit was crushed and de-stemmed into an open top fermenter, with time 'on skins' at 21 days. At pressing, both the free run and pressings were combined in tank and then racked to oak.

 

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