| Dates harvested | 9-17 April 2012 Harvested by hand with rigorous selection |
|---|---|
| Sugar level (Brix) | 21-23 |
| Alcohol | 13.5% |
| Total Acidity | 5.0g/l |
| Vinification | 100% destemmed, cold soaked for 6 to 7 days. Fermented in open stainless steel vats with pumping-over and hand plunging, total period of maceration 22 to 23 days. Aged in French (25% new) oak barriques for 18 months. Unfined and bottled with coarse filtration. |
| Date of Bottling | 9 December 2013 |
| Bottles produced | 4,234 |
| Remarks | Newly leased vineyard with high plant density (highest block approx.. 8000/ha). Cool and relatively wet season. 22hl/ha (low for a high density block) due to poor flower set followed by painful fruit thinning and sorting at the harvest. |
| RRP | approx. AUD95 |
