"rich ripe fruit including blackcurrant and strawberry yogurt like characters"
4 Stars: Winestate
Silver: London International Wine Challenge
"Medium to deep red. The nose has great lift and intensity with a complex mix of cherry ripe, blackberries, liquorice and red current. The palate is medium weight with rich ripe fruit including blackcurrant and strawberry yogurt like characters; these are nicely balanced with some spicy oak. The wine finishes with some fine tannins and good length of sweet fruit."
2008 Vintage had ideal, warm and dry growing conditions. This meant that all the fruit ripened to ideal levels and without disease pressure. The resulting reed wines from the vintage all have luscious fruit and soft approachable tannins, making them great for drinking now or mid term aging.
The grapes are crushed and de-stemmed into open fermenters. Yeast is added immediately and the grape must pumped over twice daily to maximise colour, tannin and flavour extraction. Cooling is used to ensure ferment temperatures remain in the 22-25 degrees Celsius range, which allows the fruit to display maximum fruit expression. Pressing occurs
approximately seven days after crushing and the finished wine is then put into predominately French to mature.