Man O' War Hellburner NV (375ml)
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The resulting wine is our modern interpretation of a classic wines from Oporto. By no means traditional in creation the resulting wine exhibits everything great about vintage port in a new world setting. Aromas of fresh and dried fruit with hints of brown spice create an almost ‘Christmas pudding’ like aroma. The palate is beautifully balanced with the residual sugar, acidity and alcohol all complementing each other. The wine is rich and concentrated with great length.
Named for the notorious fire ships Drake unleashed in darkness upon an unsuspecting Spanish Armada that lead to the dispersion, defeat & ultimate destruction of the “Great and Most Fortunate Navy”.
The 2012 vintage was the latest we have ever experienced which enable us to grow grapes with the high degree of ripeness required for fortified wine. The fruit from 2012 came from our Reubens Cabernet Sauvignon vineyard. The grapes were picked extremely ripe with hints of raisin fruit. The 2013 vintage was one of the hottest and driest vintages Waiheke has ever seen, perfect for fortified wine production. The fruit came from our Big North Petit Verdot vineyard and was late picked with a high degree of sugar and raisin fruit. The production of the wine in 2013 closely followed that of the 2012, wherby in both vintages we pressed the base wine onto Malbec skins to increase the freshness and fruitiness of the base wine. The fermentation of both wines was stopped at the desired natural sugar level with the traditional method of adding grape spirit to fortify the wine to 19%.
It was originally planned to release the 2012 and 2013 fortified wines as individual vintage wines, in much the same style as Vintage Port. However, after numerous tastings it was found that our favourite blend was a combination of the two vintages, so it was decided to go with a non-vintage wine.
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