Nose
Rich ripe raspberry, cherry with secondary aromas of smoked chipotle and eucalyptus.
Palate
Very well balanced with medium tannins and medium acidity. Strawberry and cherry fruit are showing with oak inspired vanilla undertone.
Harvest
Hand harvested in 16 kg bins.
Bottling
Bottled in recycled glass, 330 gram bottles.
Winemaking
Hand sorted, destemmed, 4 day cold maceration, alcoholic fermentation in cement, peak fermentation temperature managed, daily pumpover, native malolactic fermentation in barrel, racked every 6 months, unfined/unclarified and not acidified.
Aging
12 months in French oak (225 and 500 liter barrels, 15% new)
Appearance
Bright deep ruby.
