Aromas of Omega plums, blackberry & baking spice held together with floral elegance. Dark berry, red currents, cranberries, liquorice, with a hint of tobacco & leather.

50% 2022 / 50% 2023

Due to the small number of vines, this wine is a blend of two vintages. Both 2022 and 2023 were exceptional vintages with excellent spring weather to set up ideal flowering. A long, hot and dry summer allowed the fruit to hang longer into autumn & flavours to really sing.

About the vineyard
In 2012 we planted 80 Syrah vines at our Terrace Stone Vineyard on Hammond Road near Renwick. This vineyard has lovely soil - a deep layer of fine stones mixed with silt and loam over clay - and is sheltered by trees which provides a unique micro-climate. Due to the small number of vines this wine is not certified organic.

Winemaking
Hand-picked and destemmed at the winery into a small open top fermenter & cold soaked for 5 days with daily hand plunging. The must was inoculated with a special Rhone yeast & underwent fermentation. Once complete it was gently pressed off using a small basket press before going to barrel. Once in the barrel malolactic fermentation was carried out and then left alone to develop complexity and tannin structure.

Bottled: 1st February 2023. Released: April 2023.

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