2010 Vintage
Region: King Valley, Victoria
Grapes: Sangiovese
Wine
The colour is a dense brick-cherry red with purple hues. The nose is vibrant and fresh, with lifted notes of plums, spice, red berries and dark cherries. As the wine opens there are lovely herbal and savoury characters with background oak notes. It has chalky tannins that line the palate and fresh, vibrant acidity. Flavours of plum, spiced cherries and earthy tones run through the palate providing length. This wine will be restrained young, but will age beautifully.
Vintage 2009
Bud burst occurred mid to late September, after a third consecutively dry winter where well below average rainfalls were recorded throughout the King Valley. An extremely dry (less than 5mm of rain was recorded) October was followed by above average rainfall in November and December, this promoted shoot growth. Vintage conditions were quite cool except the week of high temperatures in February. Given the nature of the conditions, most varieties reached physiological and flavour maturity at low potential alcohols. So the whites have intense aromas and tight structure and the reds are very good with strong flavours and great colours. This should provide the reds with extended aging potential.
Vinification
The Sangiovese was fermented with inoculated yeast BM45 and wild yeast. The ferment temperatures reached and were maintained at thirty degrees. Once the wine finished alcoholic fermentation the free run juice was drained and the skins then lightly pressed. The wine was allowed to settle for a day before it was transferred to barrels for malic acid fermentation and barrel aging. The wine spent 14 months in oak. The wine was then blended, fined and bottled.
Maturation
Type of oak: 20% Gamba, 30% Nevers, 20% Fontainebleau, 30% Allier
Oak age: 25% new oak
Oak toasting: 100% medium
Fining agent: Light egg white
Filtration: Earth filtration
Technical Information
Varietal percentage:
100% Sangiovese
Picked: March 22nd - April 6th 2009
Area harvested: 14.5 Ha
Yield: 28.3 Hl/Ha
Average Brix: 25
Final analysis
Final alcohol: 13.8% Alc/Vol
Final acid: 7.1 g/L
Final PH: 3.40
Bottled: 20th June 2010
Released: September 2010
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