Gold Award - VINUS International Wine & Spirits Competition 2024

Colour
At release, the wine is a deep crimson red.

Nose
The wine displays highly fragrant, distinctive regional expression of blackcurrant, mulberry and choc-mint along with savoury spice and cedar tobacco notes from French oak maturation.

Palate
The wine displays assertive, mouthfulling flavours of blackcurrant, mint and dark chocolate around a graceful, silky tannin structure and a thoroughly enjoyable long and persistent finish.

Oak Maturation
Following extended skin contact over a 6 week period, the wine was then matured in high quality, tight grained French oak barrels (a combination of new and 2 to 3 year old) for 16 months before being bottled.

Vintage Conditions
The season leading up to vintage 2021 in Coonawarra was mild and relatively dry with very stable weather conditions. Dry conditions continued right through summer, although several small rainfall events during were beneficial to the general vine health and soil moisture. These climatic conditions led to long and steady increases in maturity levels, allowing winemakers to pick at optimum levels for ripeness and flavour, and thus having all the hallmarks of an incredible vintage.

Cellaring Notes
Crafted for immediate enjoyment but will cellar over a long term under ideal conditions.