Gimblett Gravels

Artisanal Collection

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> A case is 6x 750ml bottles.

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Tasting Notes

This is a very deeply coloured and flavoursome wine as you would expect from a Malbec based wine. It displays rich plummy, jammy Gimblett Gravels fruit notes on the nose with complementary notes of tobacco and dried herbs. On the palate it is a medley of complex fruit flavours supported by a generous mouthfeel and age worthy tannins. This is a full bodied and complex wine, and an ideal accompaniment to red meat dishes.

Vineyards and Winemaking

The individual vineyard and varietal parcels were harvested separately and fermented with wild yeast in our open topped concrete fermenters. Hand plunging was employed to gently extract colour and tannin. After a period of post ferment maceration the individual parcels were pressed to French oak barrels and aged in cool cellars for 19 months before being bottled unfiltered in January 2023.

Soils And Viticulture

The fruit for this wine was grown within the confines of the renowned Gimblett Gravels Wine Growing District. These deep stony soils deposited by the Ngaruroro River have excellent drainage and low vigour and are ideally suited to the production of high quality red wine. Our vineyard sites are close planted with low yields per vine to maximise quality. The 2021 harvest conditions were ideal and the vintage is highly regarded.

Food Pairing

Delicious with braised red meats, slow roasted vegetables or wild mushrooms.