ß Mid ruby red colour
ß Toasty nose, showing spicy vanillin oak and ripe fruit offset by chocolate, truffles and pepper
ß The palate is medium bodied and soft with ripe cranberry, cherry fruit, and black tea.
ß The tannins are soft with a smooth finish
Food
Accompaniments
A wine to enjoy with lamb, game and poultry dishes, as well as Italian or vegetarian style food
Winemaker Notes
ß Fermented in open stainless steel fermenters, cold soaked and hand plunged during fermentation. Pressed and transferred to old and new French oak barriques for malolactic fermentation, and 10 months maturation
Cellaring potential 3 to 5 years, best to drink 2007 to 2010.
Hand and machine harvested from the family owned Waihopai Valley and Wairau sites. Soil in the vineyard is of stony silt with loam topsoil and free draining. Canopy Management is vertical shoot positioning with shoot and crop thinning.
