Region | Barossa Valley |
Sub-Region | Angaston |
Specified Vineyard | Single vineyard that lays upon ironstone, clay loam over limestone |
Altitude | 360 metres |
Trellis System | Single wire |
Varietal | Negro Amaro 100% |
Age of Vines | 10 year old graft onto 54 year old Semillon vines |
Alc/vol | 14.0% |
Closure | Stelvin |
Yield per Vine | 3 kg / 2.5 ton per acre |
Oak Treatment | Seasoned French Francois Freres 5oolt French oak barrels for 17 months |
Total Production | 1500 bottles |
Vintage | A dry 2020 produced a low crop. The foothill vineyard in Angaston showed good canopy to protect the small intense fruit making this 2020 a deliciously showy mid weight fruited release of deliciousness in spades. |
Wine Making | Made via 20% whole bunch wild yeast ferment in small open top fermenters, soft pump overs, basket pressed to barrel to complete ferment for 17 months and bottled unfiltered. |
Style | A truly charismatic red table wine with high perfumed dark red spiced summer fruits that runs through the palate with blood plum, black spice and licorice blackstrap, the finish generous, fresh and lively with lovely super fine tannins. |
Reviews
The WineFront – Gary Walsh Nov 2021
Spice, plum, poached strawberry, a little dried herb and peel. Medium-bodied, fleshy powdery tannin, strawberry and rhubarb with blood orange, a gentle bitterness, and a dry finish of good length.Good drinking, different too.