| Dates harvested | 23 April – 2 May 2002 Picked and sorted by hand |
|---|---|
| Sugar level (Brix) | av. 25.0 |
| Alcohol | 13.7% |
| Total Acidity | 5.8g/l |
| pH | 3.62 |
| Vinification | 100% destemmed, cold soaked as whole berries for approx. 5 days. Fermented in open top stainless steel vats with hand plunging and pumping-over, total maceration for 24 to 30 days. 10% of the whole production was aged in new French oak barriques for 11 months and the rest was in stainless steel tank for 6 months and thereafter spent 5 months in used (2 to 4 years) French oak barriques. Unfined. |
| Date of Bottling | 31 March 2003 |
| Bottles produced | 4,319 |
| Remarks | This wine is made from a red variety, found in Martinborough and called “unknown red”. Hence the name L’finconnu, which means Unknown/Mystery in French. This wine has an intense flavour of Cassis Liquor and butter scotch and is characterized by its generous, rich and almost sweet mouth feel followed by super smooth tannins. |
