Goes very well with a strong piece of meat such as game or pasta with spicy sauce.

The grapes for this wine come from only 2 specific vineyard blocks on our farm. Although the winter season was not as wet as previous years, no additional irrigation was required. With just a few procedures, a good balance of fruit concentration and elegance was achieved. A careful selection was made in the vineyard, and after destemming, the grapes were fermented in a combination of stainless steel tanks and traditional open-top fermentation vats. We used a combination of “punch downs” and “pump-overs” at different stages of fermentation and tried to extract as much aroma and tannin as possible at the start of fermentation. Towards the end of the process, we drastically reduced the extraction and usually limited it to just one “pump-over” per day to avoid over-extracting the wine and ensuring that we achieve the best balance. After primary fermentation, the grapes were gently pressed and transferred to French oak barrels, 20% new, the remaining 80% as 2nd and 3rd bottling, for 18 months before final blending took place.

Allergy information: Contains sulfites