Vintage Notes
Harvest Date: April 2014, hand-harvested
Fermentation: Small batch, open top fermenters, wild yeasts
Oak: 100% French oak
Alcohol: 13.4%
Winemaker: Gavin Tait
 
Cellar Notes
The grapes were hand-harvested and further sorted to ensure clean fruit. The grapes were fermented in small open top fermenters with wild yeast. The wine was plunged up to three times daily during fermentation with about one week post fermentation maceration before being pressed to French Oak Barriques for maturation. Natural malo-lactic fermentation was completed in spring. The wine spent a year in the Barriques before it was bottled . It was left to cellar before releasing June 2020.
 
Tasting Notes
This elegant medium bodied wine, clean and rich with a touch of wood smoke on the nose. Soft supple tannin structure in harmony with acid driving the palette and gentle oak supporting. Primary focus, flavourful and tasty! Great with food.
 
Bronze medal Alpine Pacific Wine Challenge 2020
Silver medal Alpine Pacific Wine Challenge 2021
Silver medal Alpine Pacific Wine Challenge 2024