Aromatically it leads with red cherry, raspberry and a touch of rhubarb, backed by dried thyme, pink peppercorn and a faint earthiness that keeps things savoury. The palate follows the same line — juicy cherry and cranberry up front, then a darker plummy note through the middle, with a whisper of orange zest on the edges.
Single vineyard wine from Tarrawarra in the lower Yarra. Spur pruned MV6, 777, D4V6 and G5V15 clones on sandy loam soils with north western aspect at 140m elevation.
Entirely destemmed. Cold soak and fermentation in open fermenters. Selected yeasts. Hand plunged. Large format oak. 30% new Damy Alliers French oak for 11 months on lees.
romatically it opens on morello cherry, cranberry and a little pink peppercorn, with a leafy, almost sappy note underneath that reads as high-altitude Pinot Noir. The palate carries strawberry and rhubarb through the middle, then turns drier and more savoury towards the back, picking up dried thyme and a faint whiff of woodsmoke.
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