“Pops with red cherry, raspberry and spice, light pencilly oak, a little almond paste and mint. Medium-bodied, some floral mouth-perfume here, along with bright red fruits, firm grainy tannin, and a Maraschino cherry finish of good length. Nice wine this, and likely better again with a couple more years in bottle. 93+pts.”
Gary Walsh, The Wine Front
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“Cherry, strawberry, spice and perfume, a little coffee bean earthiness. It’s light but firm, all red fruit with a spicy and earthy character, fine graphite tannin, cool acidity, some orange peel and fennel, almost a little bit of a Barbaresco feel to it (but don’t mind me), with a long and spicy finish. It’s very good, and looked better after being open for a day. 95pts.”
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Gary Walsh, The Wine Front
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“Hand picked fruit from our Home block vineyard; four open pot ferments with an average 70% whole bunch and 22 days on skins; natural ferment and malo; 25% new French oak; no fining or filtration. Aroma: Blueberries, strawberries & violets with hints of orange peel, earth, spice wood and reduction – give it a decant as a young wine and see it open up. Palate: Super fine & focussed – crystal clear palate with a dense core of blue & red fruits – tightly coiled & restrained in its youth.”
Syd Bradford, Winemaker
