Winemaker's Tasting Notes  

Calamata olive in colour, white pepper  and forthcoming black fruit on the nose followed by a full bodied explosion of spices, herbs and fruit. Velvety soft and ripely balanced.

Bottled under screw cap to retain freshness. Drinking well now and will improve for 5 years.

Duck especially with orange, red meats and pork, pasta, cheese especially mature Cheddar and Stilton.

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 Winemaker's Notes

Phenolically ripe grapes are handpicked, cooled before a gentle crushing, open fermented in 600kg lots, hand punched down three times daily, and put into the barrel at 5 degrees Balling to finish fermentation in barrel.  The wine is racked three times before bottling a year later and is further aged in bottle for at least a year before release.  We feel we have a special site and our goal is to bottle what comes from the vineyard.  We add only yeast and minimal sulphur to the wine and take nothing out.  Our goal is a limited edition, terroir driven wine that is drinkable now as well as able to mature further in the bottle.