Wine Specs
Vintage
2020
Gamay
Tasting Notes
Bright raspberry red. Plush, vibrant with plenty of density.
Slightly smooshed warm, wild raspberries and fresh rhubarb
mingles with frankincense and a cooling graphite. The generous
front palate submits to the stalk component’s savouriness
towards the back palate - creating a pleasant bit ternut phenolic
to go with a tangy but cleansing acidity. There are crunchy red
fruits, gingernut biscuit and just the slightest puckering tannin.
Pucker up, but tercup.
Vintage
A chal lenging vintage to pair with a chal lenging year in general .
Spring 2019 was cool, w indy and wet resulting in low crops due
to poor fruit set . Temperatures remained moderate, and rain
throughout the harvest period provided chal lenging conditions.
This Gamay f rom Roundstone was picked on the last week of
March. Overall , the coolish and wet weather resulted in low
sugars (therefore a lcohols) and crisp, refreshing acidity.
Vineyard
The fruit is sourced from the Roundstone Vineyard in Steels
Creek in the nor th-west of the Yarra Val ley. This gamay is grown
in classic Yarra Val ley soils of clay-loam over a deep clay base.
Planted in the early 90s, these are the oldest Gamay vines in the
Yarra Valley. 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 smal l sulphur add prior to
bottling to maintain freshness. Bot t led unf ined and unf i ltered.
