Producer's Notes: A very pure expression of Grenache. Produced from 72 year old dry grown bush vines on the Blewitt Springs ridge ? tiny berries and a miniscule yield. A fragrant thread of wild herbs, fennel seed and charcuterie is underpinned with raspberry, violets and Asiatic spice. The taut nervous tension of compact red currents and Satsuma plum fills the mid palate with mouth?watering red berry intensity. Finely grained tannins position this svelte, fleshy, and measured weight of forest cherries and persimmon into a long succulent and savoury finish.
Planted in 1947 on ironstone and gravel infused red clay
North facing unirrigated bush vines
Cold soaked until wild yeast fermentation until dry
Gently hand plunged
6?80 days on skins and stalks with 80% whole bunches in half tonne fermenters
Basket pressed to seasoned (5?10 yo) French barriques for 6 months
Sporadic batonnage for the first 2 months
Unfined and unfiltered and no additions besides minmimal SO2 at bottling
Carefully gravity racked
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