Tasting Notes: The Reserve selection is determined in the vineyard, where - in promising vintages Guy reduces yield by bunch thinning. This Reserve offers aromas of cherries, plum and spices, with elegant oak on the nose. The palate is long, intense and complex.
Technical details: Cropping Level: 2 Ton / Acre Oak Treatment: 50% New French Oak Barrels Alcohol: 13.5 %
Ferment details: Hand harvested fruit was gently crushed, then transferred to open vat frementers, without stems or whole bunches. Wild yeast initiated the fermentation and Guy plunged the fruit cap twice daily to ensure gentle flavour and colour extraction. The wine was then gravity fed to French oak ( 50% new and 50% on year old Troncais and Alliers) for 12 months, blended then bottled in May 2005. The wine was given 18 months bottle age prior to release. ____________________________________________
Fusing Burgundian winemaking with Yarra Valley terroir…