Nose
Opens with ripe plums, cola and a hint of ginger.
Palate
The bright and lively palate
unfolds with layers of mixed red and black berries and dessert knish. The finish is balanced and with great
length.
Bottling
The wine was bottled unfined and unfiltered on Aug 27, 2008.
Winemaking
Our grape bunches were hand-sorted, and once de-stemmed, the berries were again sorted by hand on the
way to the tank. This was followed by a four to five day cold soak, depending on flavor extraction. The wine was
then fermented with native wild yeast in small open-top fermentors for two to three weeks. Towards the end
of fermentation the fruit was gently pressed and moved to barrel. The wine finished fermenting in barrel to
help integrate the flavors from the oak.
Aging
The wine continued to age in 67% new French oak for twelve months.
Appearance
Dense reddish-purple hue.
