CLIMATIC CONDITIONS: Warm, dry spring and summer

with some rainfall during autumn.

DATE OF HARVEST: 15 - 18 April 2006

HARVEST & VINIFICATION: Hand-picked and 100 % de-stemmed. Fermentation in stainless steel vats and maceration for 3 weeks. Aged in 40 % new and 60% used French Oak barriques for 25 months.

DATE OF BOTTLING: 07 July 2008

ALC: 14% VOL

TASTING NOTES:

Deep red. Initial fresh ground white pepper with some liquorice is followed by a lively sweet nose of plums, violets and black currant fruit intermixed with some spicy wood, truffle and some hints of tar. A vivacious acidity and  expansive but soft tannin structure warrant long maturing potential however there is an open quality to the wine already which makes it approachable while quite young.

DRINKING TEMPERATURE: 16-18 ºC

CELLARING: 5-10 years

CASES PRODUCED: 253

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