Wine Note

A deep ruby red wine with purple hues.  The wine displays intense flavours and aromas of ripe black plums, chocolate and spice. A beautifully balanced wine displaying supple tannins and seamlessly integrated French oak.

Fruit

57% Cabernet Sauvignon, 28% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc, 5% Syrah

Alcohol Content

13.5%

Harvest

After a stunningly warm and dry growing season the individual batches for this wine were harvested throughout the month of April and kept separate from vinification until blending. 
Harvest Analyses: Brix 23.5-25.2    PH 3.35-3.73    TA 5.63 - 8.0 g/l 

Vinification

After being harvested the fruit was destemmed and gently crushed in to tanks for fermentation. Each batch was kept separate according to clone, block, pruning method, ripeness etc. The must was then inoculated with  selected yeasts and fermentation lasted for 7-10 days, peaking at about 28-30°C. The ferments were gently turned over 3 times per day during the height of fermentation. Post fermentation some batches were left on skins to continue extracting flavour and tannin while other batches were pressed off after fermentation.  
The batches went through malolactic either in tank or barrel and, once racked, were sulphured and then transferred to barrels for ageing. Maturation in oak was for approximately 21 months before the wine was bottled it was lightly egg white fined and filtered. 

Composition

57% Cabernet Sauvignon, 28% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc, 5% Syrah

Barrel Percentage

The wine was matured in 20% new and 80% seasoned French oak barriques for 21 months.

Blend Composition

57% Cabernet Sauvignon, 28% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Franc, 5% Syrah

Bottling

This wine was bottled on the 5th March 2009. 
PH 3.47    TA 6.6g/l    RS dry    ALC 13.5% v/v 

Sensory

A deep ruby red wine with purple hues.  The wine displays intense flavours and aromas of ripe black plums, chocolate and spice. A beautifully balanced wine displaying supple tannins and seamlessly integrated French oak.

Cellaring

3-5 years