Light and bright red – aromatic, spicy and super acidic Scored 93 Points by James Suckling. Read the review. Vineyard: Vivian Vineyard, Watervale Farming: Organic Planted: 1998 Soil type: Black and red clay on limestone Picking date: April 3 & 14, 2023 Picking method: Hand harvested and sorted in vineyard Processing: Destemmed retaining 50% whole berries with no whole bunch Fermentation: Natural ferment in open top steel fermenters, hand plunged twice daily Time on skins: 2 weeks Pressing: Free run and pressings combined Settling: Settled off gross lees for 7 days Aging vessel: Slavonian oak 2000L foudre for 8 months then racked to steel for 2 months Bottled: February 16, 2024 Filtration: no Fining: no Alc: 13.3 pH: 3.25 TA: 7 SO2: 25 free / 50 total Production: 430 dozen
