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Whole-bunch pressed and fermented and matured in French oak and acacia puncheons. Another exceptional, and I should add, fairly priced wine from this under-the-radar producer. Brightly coloured with ...
Such fine-grained tannin, such even-handed fruit, such a lengthy finish. This is a beautiful Black Label cabernet, elegantly medium-bodied, blessed with blackcurrant, forest berry, cool mint and cedar ...
A wonderfully perfumed and composed wine that comes across as a little finer in aromatic detail than the excellent '23 release. It's an amalgam of clones – 777, 667, Abel, Pommard, MV6 and some that ...
A dusky pink. The supplied notes suggest the variety as pinot noir but it's not stated on the bottle. This walks outside of the uber-pale and pretty zone, with a fuller, slightly savoury cast to fruit ...
A yellow golden colour. Supple, soft and fleshy chardonnay with ripe peach, apricot, honey-butter notes, some sweet spices, faint cedary elements, with some toasted brioche in the mix. There's lots of ...
Vines for this bottling are 30 years old. Terra rossa soils and destemmed berries. Matured in a mix of French and American barrels and hogsheads for 18 months with further maturation in bottle.
Sourced from five estate blocks, from six to 21 years old. Pressed mainly to steel, with about 15% in concrete eggs and 10% in second and third passage French oak; high solids with natural yeasts, 25% ...