Description
The 2017 Vintage
The 2017 vintage began with some early difficulties but turned out well, producing small quantities of high quality wine. High wind and rain during flowering resulted in some uneven fruit set and smaller crops than preferred, but mild, even conditions after that produced beautiful slow ripening of small bunches with lovely flavours, concentration and firm acidity in the finished wines.
Winemaker: Richard McIntyre & Jeremy Magyar
Viticulturist: Hugh Robinson
Vinification.
Yields: < 2 tonnes per acre
Hand harvesting, 100% destemmed
100% wild yeast primary fermentation
20 days total on skins
Natural malolactic fermentation in barrel
100% French oak maturation, 25% new
17 months in wood with 1 racking
No fining and no filtration