Wine Specs
Vintage
2021
Gamay
Tasting Notes
Bright raspberry red in colour with a very lifted nose of ripe cherries,
musk sticks and granite dust. It has a pomegranate zip on the palate,
and skin and stalk tannins work together to add a sinewy complexity.
A lively wine that finishes with freshness and works well with a slight chill.
Vintage
Vintage started almost 2 weeks later than vintage 2020.
This later picking was due to mild temperatures and a huge
amount of rain through January. These conditions allowed the
grapes plenty of time to accumulate lots of flavour while still
retaining moderate alcohols – 12. 5 to 13% on average. 2021 was
a goldilocks vintage where everything was just right, and the
resulting wines can be consumed young or cellared for a while. A
vintage of balance, energy, and flavour.
Vineyard
The fruit is sourced from the Roundstone Vineyard in Steels
Creek in the north-west of the Yarra Valley. This Gamay is grown
in classic Yarra Valley soils of clay-loam over a deep clay base.
Planted in the early 90s, these are the oldest Gamay vines in the
Yarra. Three clones add complexity.
Vinification
Hand-picked and tipped directly into open fermenters for 100%
whole bunch fermentation. Foot stomped twice and pumped over
gently once during a twelve-day maceration. Pressed to stainless
steel tank to complete sugar fermentation before transfer to old
500L French oak puncheons for malo-lactic fermentation and
seven months maturation on lees. A small sulphur add prior to
bottling to maintain freshness. Bottled unfined and unfiltered.
