Koerner La Korse Red Blend

Description

Corsican inspired - red fruits, light and easy drinking

Varieties: 37% Sangiovese, 29% Grenache, 25% Sciacarello 5% Malbec and 4% Carignan

Vineyard: Vivian, Gullyview & Parish Vineyards, Watervale

Planted: 1998, 1935, 1998, 1998 & 1985 respectively

Farming: Organic

Soil type: Terra Rossa, red clay on limestone

Picking date: February 12, 26, 28, March 6 & 7 2021

Picking method: Hand harvested and sorted in vineyard

Processing: Destem retaining ~ 50% whole berries, no whole bunch

Fermentation: Natural ferment in open top steel fermenters, hand plunged twice daily

Time on skins: 2 weeks

Pressing: free run and pressings combined

Settling: Settled off gross lees for 7 days

Aging vessel: Stainless steel for 10 months

Bottling Date: October 2021

Filtration: No

Fining: No

Alc: 12.8