The 2022 growing season was the third cool year in a row and unlike the even and solid crop of 2021, the season produced some low yields, though once again we have seen wines of the highest of quality! October and November rains were heavy and had an impact with flowering—particularly for the earlier ripening varieties, Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Along with tiny and light bunches, the resultant crop was down on yield but quality held beautifully. Shiraz and Cabernet flowered a little later and ripened exceptionally well and the wines across the range have wonderful flavour, structure, power and balance.

Very bright mid-crimson red with lovely colour density. Very perfued nose with highly aromatic florals of blue and red fruits and savoury spice. The Pinot Noir provides the delicious red fruits as well as tension and structure in the wine whilst the Shiraz adds fleshy soft blue fruits, juiciness and charm to the blend. This wine is lip smacking and bright and is designed to drink young, however will also reward careful cellaring over the next 5+ years

Co-fermentation is an important aspect to the wine style. The wine is 51% Pinot Noir and 49% Shiraz. The Shiraz component was picked from the Steep E block whilst the Pinot Noir was hand picked from the middle of our cooler C block. All fruit was de-stemmed without crushing and 100% whole berries. Indigenous fermentation commenced after a few days and we made daily pumpovers with a persistaltic pump ensuring whole berries remined intact. Carbonic maceration inside the whole berries produced incredible wonderful perfume and heady red and blue fruit aromatics. After 10 days on skins we pressed to old puncheons for 10 months before light filtration and then botting in November.