Region | Barossa |
Sub-Region | Mount McKenzie & Moppa Springs |
Altitude | 355 – 380 metres |
Soil | Schist Rock alluvials & clay loam over ironstone shales |
Trellis System | Single wire |
Varietal |
Sangiovese
|
Age of Vines | 20 years |
Alc/vol | 13% |
Closure | Crown |
Yield per Acre | 2.5 ton |
Total Production | 3600 x 750ml bottles |
Winemaking | Handpicked during the first cool light hours of the morning, 100% whole bunch basket pressed to seasoned puncheon French oak for natural fermentation with lees aging for 6 months prior to bottling. |
Vineyard | Sangiovese vines from our original farmhouse located at Mt McKenzie at an altitude of 380mt that lays upon a clay loam and shaley schist rock bed. Second vineyard located at Moppa Springs at an altitude of 355mt that lays upon red clay loam and irone stone |
Vintage | Very mild through spring and summer, with good top-up rainfall, a mild long dry summer has fruit of amazing flavours and natural holding acidity |
Style | Beautifully perfumed & complex, aromatics of musk, white cherries & aniseed. Bursts of flavours carry through from the aromatics with spicy acidity, chalky crunchy texture, salivating & dry |
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