DESCRIPTION

This is our flagship wine, from our low vigour, low cropping vineyard.

Hand-picked, crushed into 2 tonne open fermenters, hand plunged, and judicious use of new oak in ageing. We make it to show off the delicious Te Muna fruit characters – ripe berryfruit, dark cherries and plums –set against mouth-filling savouriness, warm spice, and silky tannins. Lithe and elegant.

TASTING NOTES

COLOUR: Dark crimson.

BOUQUET: Dark cherry, blueberry, violet, clove and roasted hazelnut characters on the nose with a hint of warm mushroom.

PALATE: Offering stunning fruit purity with seductive complexity, the concentrated palate displays excellent weight and depth, while remaining elegant and refined with velvety mouthfeel and polished tannins.

FOOD MATCH: Match with gamey meats, barbequed lamb, roast duck, tomato and mushroom-based dishes.

CELLARING: At its best now to 2030.

VITICULTURISTS AND WINEMAKERS: Katherine Jacobs and Jeremy Corban.

ABV- 13.4% Alc