GRAPE VARIETY: | Montepulciano |
VINTAGE: | 2022 |
REGION: | 100% One Tree Hill |
ANALYSIS: | 14.5% Alcohol, Residual Sugar < 2g/L |
CELLAR POTENTIAL: | This wine is approachable upon release, but will benefit with carefully cellaring between 3-5 years |
COLOUR: | Purple coloured intensity, with red/pink hues. |
BOUQUET: | This Montepulciano displays perfumed spiced aromas with raspberries and dark cherries. |
PALATE: | Textured flavours with hints of plum, blackberries and red currants. |
VINEYARD & VITICULTURE: | Sourced from a single vineyard from Southern One Tree Hill, with an average yield of 2.0 tonne per acre. |
WINEMAKING: | Crushed and destemmed to open top fermenters, where cooling was employed throughout the fermentation between 18-28oC. There was two pump overs and one hand plunge every day to optimise flavour, colour and tannin extraction. After 7 days of primary fermentation, the fermented wine was then gently Basket Pressed to a settling tank for 2 days, where it was then racked to new and older French oak barrels to undergo Malolactic fermentation. |
STORAGE/MATURATION: | 12 months in new and seasoned French oak barrels. |