Elegant, harmonious and complex wines, usually of medium palate weight. Intense blackberry aromas with hints of black pepper, pointing to the wines’s Central Victorian origin, combine with French oak clove and vanilla, enhancing the fruit sweetness on the nose, usually with great consistency on the palate. These are elegant, complex wines that age gracefully.

Hand-picked at optimum flavour ripeness, gentle de-stemming with minimal crushing, followed by open fermentation (whereby different batches are combined with Viognier fruit) Matured in French oak for 22 months; 35% new wood, predominantly from Nevêrs, Tronçais and AlliHand-picked at optimum flavour ripeness, gentle de-stemming with minimal crushing, followed by open fermentation (whereby different batches are combined with Viognier fruit) Matured in French oak for 22 months; 35% new wood, predominantly from Nevêrs, Tronçais and Allièr.

The wine presents as bright crimson garnet with a mauve ring. Intense blackberry aromas with hints of black pepper and lifted spice overtones combine with delicate blossom aromas derived from Viognier co-fermentation. French oak clove and vanilla enhance the fruit sweetness on the nose. The elegant intense and seamless palate displays lively berry fruit and spicy complexity, which persist right through to the long and smooth finish.

An elegant, complex wine that promises to age gracefully. Intensity of fruit, tannin structure and acid balance suggest a cellaring potential well beyond five years.